"Apollo-11 Crew on Way"
Apollo-11 commander Neil Armstrong gives a hearty "thumbs up" signal as he and fellow astronauts Mike Collins (center) and Edwin Aldrin leave their quarters to enter a transfer van for a ride to the launch pad at Cape Kennedy in Florida on July 16...
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"Astronaut Cooper Off Today"
The count down has started at CAPE CANAVERAL in preparation for the flight by Astronaut GORDON COOPER. The orbital mission is intended to complete 22 orbits and should last 34 hours and 22 minutes.
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Astronaut GORDON COOPER relaxes in...
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"Farewell Kiss for Daughter"
Apollo-17 commander Eugene Cernan blows a kiss to his daughter, Tracey, as he leaves the crew quarters at Cape Kennedy, Florida. With Tracey are other family members of the Apollo spacemen.
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A Picture Window on the New Space Capsule
(right) "Picture Window"
The Project Mercury space capsule, named "Liberty Bell 7" undergoes final system checks at Cape Canaveral, Florida, before U.S. astronaut Virgil I. Grissom enters for the suborbital space flight.
The new capsule has a "pic...
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Agnew With The Astronauts
Vice President Spiro Agnew shares a laugh with Apollo-10 astronauts Gene Cernan (left) and Tom Stafford (right) as he receives a model of "Snoopy," the flight mascot.
Mr. Agnew visited the crew quarters at Cape Kennedy in Florida on May 17, the da...
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Americans Make Final Man-in-Space Preparations
It is believed that final preparations are now in progress at Cape Canaveral, Florida - for the American Man-in-Space project. Experts consider that only two men remain on the list to be America's first Spaceman - they are Col. John Glenn (39) of ...
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Anthony Quinn in "The Happening"
Anthony Quinn stars in Sam Spiegel's "The Happening" soon to be screened at the Empire. This Columbia Picture's presentation introduces the ravishing Faye Dunaway and co-stars Robert Walker, Martha Hyer and George Maharis. It is directed by Eliot ...
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Anthony Quinn in 'The Happening'
Anthony Quinn is held here at gunpoint by young hoodlums in "The Happening" which opens tomorrow at the Empire. The film is noteworthy for the several hit tunes, sung by the Supremes, Faye Dunaway and George Maharis also star in this film.
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Apollo 14 Prime Crewmen Train in a Landing Simulator
Lunar Landers -- Apollo-14 crewmen Alan Shepard (foreground) and Edgar Mitchell train for their lunar mission in a landing simulator at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. They are to put down in the Fra Mauro area while fellow crewman Stuart Roo...
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