"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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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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Apollo-12 Crewmen in Front of Saturn V
Apollo 12 Crew & Rocket— The Apollo-12 crewmen stand in front of their Saturn V as the 110-meter-tall launch vehicle was transported to Pad 39 at Cape Kennedy in Florida on September 8. From left are: Alan Bean, lunar module pilot; Richard Gordon,...
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Apollo-15 Crewmen in front of Saturn V
The Apollo-15 crewmen pose in front of their Saturn V launch vehicle as t is rolled out of the vertical assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The giant rocket was transported to a nearby launch pad. From left are: Alfred Warden...
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Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper
"On Their Way"
Cape Kennedy, Florida: American Astronaut Gordon Cooper leads fellow space traveller Peter Conrad up the ramp to their waiting Titan II rocket and Gemini spacecraft as they arrived at launch complex 19 here today at the beginning of...
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Astronaut Carpenter at Cape Canaveral
Astronaut Carpenter stands in his pressure suit in front of a giant radar antenna at Cape Canaveral, Florida. He rehearsed his orbital flight many times in the weeks before his mission, practising operating the controls of his Mercury spacecrafts...
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