Russia Puts Man Into Space — And Brings Him Back Alive And Safe
The whole world has been thrilled with the news from Moscow that Major Yuri Alexeyevich Gagarin has been rocketed into space and after going into orbit has been brought back to earth and landed safely.
The whole flight lasted for about 108 minutes...
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Major Gherman Titov Gets Another Medal
Major Gherman Titov, Russia's No. 2 cosmonaut being greeted enthusiastically by young East Berliners during his recent tour of East Germany.
Major Gherman Titov, Russia's "space-flier" hero, received an enthusiastic welcome when he attended the Y...
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America Puts a Man into Space
"America puts a man into space"
The American attempt to put a man into space has been a perfect success. Commander Alan Shepard has been picked up safely in the Atlantic and is now aboard the US aircraft carrier "Champlain". Photo shows: Commander...
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Young and Grissom before the Three-Orbital Flight
Operation Gemini
Scientists at Cape Kennedy, USA are proceeding with preparations to launch the United States' most ambitious space project - Operation Gemini, the launching of a two-man spacecraft.
Inside the spacecraft will be John W. Young (the...
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"Britain's Space Exploration Director"
Photo shows : Group Captain A. H. Hewitt, R.A.F. who has been appointed to the important post of Deputy Director of Operational Requirements – Space. Aged 44 Group Captain Hewitt will be in control of all mat...
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Astronaut Cooper - "Reunion"
"There's Something To Smile About For This Happy Family"
Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper poses with his wife, Trudy, and their two daughters, Cam (left), 14, and Jan, 13, after their recent reunion in Honolulu, Hawaii. Astronaut Cooper flew by Helic...
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Olympic Champion Larisa Latynina with Yuri Gagarin
Soviet-Russian Olympic champion Larisa Latynina is in a conversation with the cosmonauts Yuri Gagarin (right) and Gherman Titov. Gagarin and Titov met the Soviet athletes in the professional's convention hall, Moscow, at a recent gathering for ath...
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Cosmonaut Vladislav Volkov
Cosmonaut Vladislav Volkov in a state of weightlessness in a laboratory-plane. Photo by A. Mokletsov
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Wives of the Cosmonauts
Their men are safe! This exclusive UPI photo shows the relief on the face of Tamara Volynov (centre) following the news of the safe return of her husband Boris Volynov on the Russian spaceship Soyuz-5 after his tryst in space. Recently the Soviet ...
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