Astronaut Carpenter Relaxes at Home with His Family
Family — Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter relaxes at home with his wife, Rene, and their four children, from left: Kristen Elaine, 6; Robyn Jay, 10; Mark Scott, 13, and Candace Noxon, 5.
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Astronaut Grissom
Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom, pilot of the first U.S. manned Gemini flight.
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Edwin E. Aldrin
Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., Lunar Module Pilot for the Apollo 11 mission shows his son Mike, 13, a model of the two-stage landing craft Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong will use to set down on the moon.
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First U.S. Man in Orbit
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., first U.S. man in orbit, pauses in his rigorous training while wearing the pressure suit designed to keep him alive in outer space. Pure oxygen is pumped into the air-conditioned, air-tight suit which is pressurized wh...
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James Irwin
Lunar Module Pilot -- James Irwin, Apollo-15 lunar module pilot. Photo from IPS.
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Portrait of Lt -Cdr. Carpenter
A portrait of 36-year-old Lt. Cdr. Scott Carpenter who has been selected America's next spaceman for orbital flight of the earth which is expected to take place late next month or early in May. Scott Carpenter who was reserve for Lt.-Col. Glenn re...
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John Glenn Enters the Altitude Chamber
USA's Man in Orbit Attempt
Next Wednesday the USA will try to put its first spaceman into orbit around the earth,. The vehicle — to be launched from Cape Canaveral — is an Atlas equipped with a Mercury capsule. The astronaut will be Lt. Col. John...
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John Glenn Signs Autographs
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, the astronaut who made three orbits of the earth earlier this week, is watched by his wife Anna as he signs autographs shortly after arriving at Cape Canaveral yesterday - the point where the spaceman set out on his histori...
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