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Apollo 11 Astronauts Hold Their Final Televised Press Conference

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  • 1969-7-25

The Apollo 11 astronauts hold their final televised press conference at Cape Kennedy in Florida before the start of their lunar landing mission. From left are Edwin Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins. They were sent into space on July 16 a...

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Edwin ,& James

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  • 1966-11-22

United States astronauts, Edwin Aldrin, and James Lovell smiling cheerfully as they leave a helicopter on the flight-deck of the aircraft-carrier "Wasp"after they had landed safely in the Atlantic in Gemni-12 at the end of their four-day space voy...

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Astronauts Visiting Kandy

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  • 1970-3-16

It was very warm in Kandy when the astronaut trio and their wives visited the hill capital on Saturday, and Richard Gordon (centre) found temporary relief in a drink from his ice can. — (Picture by D. M. Kodagoda)

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Recovery Training for the Astronauts of Apollo-1

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  • 1967-1-28

Recovery Training -- Crew members for the first manned Apollo space flight practice water recovery procedures in the Gulf of Mexico. Command pilot Grissom watches from the hatch of the floating Apollo spacecraft as Astronaut Roger Chafee steps dow...

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Gemini-1 Crew

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  • 1964-5-13

"Gemini Teams" -- The "prime"and "backup" teams for the first Gemini manned flight pose in their space suits at the U.S. Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas. Virgil Grissom (lower left) and John Young (lower right) were named to pilot the t...

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Body Sensors on Astronaut Grissom

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"Body Sensors" -- Body sensors attached to U.S. Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom are examined by Project Mercury equipment specialist Joe W. Schmidt at Cape Canaveral, Florida. The electrodes adhesively attached to the pilot's body permit medical monit...

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