Gemini Pilots Young and Grissom
Astronauts John Young (left) and Virgil "Gus" Grissom discuss their three orbital flight in the Gemini capsule at a press conference in Houston, Texas. Both expressed full confidence in the spacecraft and their ability to flight. On the right in e...
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Astronaut Young
Astronaut John W. Young, co-pilot of the first U.S. manned Gemini flight
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Astronaut John W. Young, Command Module Pilot
May 1969
On December 21, 1963 the United States launched the Apollo space craft to orbit the moon. The astronauts had two prime objectives -- to go into lunar orbit, and to take photographs of the best possible landing sites for men to set a space...
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Astronauts Wave
During the motorcade, Captain Conrad puffs a cigarette while waving to the crowds as captains Gordon and Bean also waved to the greeting crowds.
Alan Bean dropped his hat soon after this picture was taken.
It was picked up by a little school girl ...
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Astronaut Bean and Family
Apollo-12 lunar module pilot Alan Bean poses with his wife Sue, daughter Amy Sue, 6, and son Clay, 13, in their home near Houston, Texas.
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Russia's Fourth Spaceman — Popovich
Russia's Fourth Spaceman:
Moscow: Wearing his space-helmet Lt. Col. Pavel Romanovich Popovich, 31, who was launched into space today in the Vostok IV space capsule to become Russia's fourth spaceman. Popovich was shot into space just as Vostok III...
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Two Spaceman Return to Earth
"Moscow Goes Mad
Two Spacemen Return to Earth"
The two Russian spacemen climbed safely out of their spaceships on Russian soil this morning, completing the most daring journey in all history. Their spaceships landed "precisely in the landing area....
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