Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., who will accompany Command Pilot James A. Lovell on the foregrounding Gemini-12 flight, is the first holder of a U.S. doctorate to journey into space. He earned a doctor of science degree in astronautics in 1963 fro...
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Astronaut Grissom Goes Through Training For His Flight
Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom goes through a rigorous phase of training for his flight. He became accustomed to the sensation of acceleration and deceleration in this giant centrifuge, which spun him until he was pressed back into his couch with a f...
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Water Training for Gemini-3 Astronauts
Astronauts Gus Grissom (center) and John Young, pilots of the first two-man orbital flight, practice using inflatable floatation devices in preparation for their space ride. A frogman stands by at left. The "back-up" team, Astronauts Wally Schirra...
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Gemini-9 to be Launched on May 17
Cape Kennedy, Florida — Gemini-9 astronauts Thomas Stafford and Eugene Cernan are set to make America's seventh two-man space flight next week — a three-day earth orbiting mission that is to feature an early linkup with an Agena target satellite a...
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Major System of the Mercury Spacecraft
Major systems of the Mercury spacecraft are represented in this simplified artist's version.
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An artist's impression of the Project Mercury space capsule in orbit. The blunt end of the capsule absorbs the tremendous heat of re-entering the eart...
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