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"USA's Man into Orbit Attempt"
Next Wednesday the USA will try to put its first spacemen in orbit around the earth. The vehicle – to be launched from Cape Canaveral – is an Atlas with a Mercury capsule. The astronaut will be Lt. Col. John Glenn. Photo shows: John Glenn and back...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
Astronaut Charles Conrad Examines a Soil Sampler
"Charls Conrad of Apollo XII with the Surveyor III Soil Sampler" Astronaut Charles Conrad commander of the Apollo XII lunar landing mission, examines a portion of the Surveyor III soil sampler mechanism which was bought back from the Moon by the ...
Agence France-Presse
Apollo Astronauts in Sri Lanka
The three U.S. Apollo astronauts, Captains Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon, Alan Bean and their wives soared into space once again from the Katunayake airport at 9.30 yesterday morning after a three-day visit to the island. The trio flew to Katunay...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronaut John Glenn Displays New Astronaut Insignia
Astronaut Insignia — Astronaut John Glenn, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, displays new military insignia awarded him recently in Washington. At left is Marine Corps astronaut insignia, presented by Corps Commandant, Gen. David M. S...
The Times of Ceylon Press
"Explains Rendezvous Procedures"
U.S. Astronaut Charles Conrad (left) explains the planned rendezvous of Gemini-5 as Astronaut Gordon Cooper listens at a July 19 news conference in Houston, Texas. Cooper and Conrad are the prime crew for the eight-day orbital earth flight schedul...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronaut Conrad Explains the Planned Rendezvous of Gemini-5
U.S. Astronaut Charles Conrad (left) explains the planned rendezvous of Gemini-5 as Astronaut Gordon Cooper listens at a July 19 news conference in Houston, Texas.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Charles Conrad Jr., new U.S. space flight test pilot.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronauts Check-Out a Spacecraft
Apollo-12 astronauts (from left) Charles Conrad Jr., Commander; Richard Gordon, Jr., command module pilot; and Alan Bean, lunar module pilot, check out their spacecraft at North American Rockwell Space Division here. Their mission to the moon is ...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
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...
Daily Mirror