Astronaut Alan B. Shepard in Training
Astronaut Alan B. Shepard squeezes out of the narrow neck of a Mercury spacecraft during a phase of his training. The craft, which is programmed to land in the sea, contains an inflatable life raft, a radio transmitter, and other survival gear.
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Astronaut Aldrin Dressed for Orbit
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 Alfred Worden with His Daughters
Astronaut Alfred M. Worden, Command Module Pilot of the Apollo-15 lunar landing mission, with his two daughtrs: Merrill, born Jan. 16, 1958, is seated behind her father on the stairway; Alison, born April 6, 1960, is in foreground. (Worden is divo...
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Astronaut Carpenter Looks through the "Astro Globe"
Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter looks through the back of an "astro globe"at Cape Canaveral, Florida, in preparation for his orbital flight. He and the other astronauts spent many hours studying astronomy and geography. One of Astronaut Carpenter's s...
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