Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper
"Space Man Rings Wife"
Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper, 36-year-old Air Force Major talks to his wife by phone from the U.S. aircraft carrier Kearsarge after he had been picked up by the carrier on the completion of his 22-orbit space flight.
After ...
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Apollo Team
The American astronauts who will make the first manned flight in an Apollo spacecraft visit the McDonnel Douglas plant in California.
They inspected the top stage of the Saturn I rocket that was scheduled to send them into earth orbit from Cape Ke...
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Evans and Wife
Evans and wife—Apollo 17 command module pilot Ronald Evans and wife Jan.
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Mrs.Carpenter
The American astronauts' wives in Washington before Navy Commander Malcolm Scott Carpenter's flight on Thursday. Left to right (front) row: Mrs. Carpenter and Mrs. Donald Slayton; second row, Mrs. LeRoy Cooper, Mrs. Walter Schirra and Mrs. Alan Sh...
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"The Men Who Dare"
All seven astronauts often pilot modern jet aircraft during their training for space flights to sharpen their reflexes and improve their coordination at high speeds. Posing in front of an Air Force F-106B are (left to right) : M. Scott Carpenter, ...
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Donn F. Eisele
The first crew for the first manned Apollo mission, assigned by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
They are left to right: Astronauts Donn F. Eisele, Command module pilot; Walter M. Schirra, Junior Commander; and Walter Cunningham...
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Elliot M. See Jr.
Elliot M. See Jr., new U.S. space flight test pilot.
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