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Astronaut Thomas K Mattingly, II.
Apollo-13 command module pilot Thomas K Mattingly, II.
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Apollo-11 commander Neil Armstrong shakes hands with Secretary-General U. Thant after presenting to him a replica of the plaque left on the Moon. The ceremony took place recently at United Nations Headquarters in New York City. With Armstrong are ...
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Apollo-11 Crewmen Hold Their First Press Conference after Return
Flashback: The Apollo-11 crewmen hold their first press conference August 12, 1969, after leaving quarantine at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Texas. Commander Neil Armstrong (center), the first man to step on the Moon, called the entire mission ...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Astronaut Carpenter Training for His Orbital Flight
Technicians adjust the lightweight pressure suit on Carpenter during training for his orbital flight. During normal space flight, the suit is not inflated and the pilot can keep his helmet open to breathe cabin air and eat. If cabin air pressure d...
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Apollo-8 commander Frank Borman poses with his wife Susan and sons Frederick (left) and Edwin in their home near the Manned Spacecraft Centre in Texas.—(IPS)
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Astronaut's Homecoming -- Neil Armstrong leaves Ellington Air Force base in Houston, Texas, with his wife, Janet, and their son, Mark, as he return home following the incomplete flight of Gemini-8 in March 1966. Their son, Eric, tags along behind....
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Chaffee, White and Grissom in the Apollo Spacecraft
The three American spacemen, Roger Chaffee, Edward White and Virgil Grissom (left to right), in the Apollo spacecraft in which they died in a flash fire which engulfed the craft during a launch pad test at Cape Kennedy, Florida, on January 28th. T...
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