Navegar Materias Space travel 
Capsule Inspection — Alan B. Shepard, Jr., the first U.S. astronaut to ride the Project Mercury capsule through space, inspects the capsule after it was recovered from the Atlantic and take aboard the USS Lake Champlain May 05. Shepard left the on...
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Astronaut Alan B. Shepard at Control Center
Control Center — Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., the first U.S. spaceman, serves as capsule communicator in the control center at Cape Canaveral, Florida during the flight of Virgil I. Grissom down the Atlantic test range July 21. At right is astro...
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Astronaut — Alan B. Shepard, Jr., who became the first U.S. astronaut to ride the Project Mercury capsule into space on May 05, is shows at Cape Canaveral, Florida, before the start of his flight.
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Astronaut John W. Young, co-pilot of the first U.S. manned Gemini flight
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Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan
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Major Edward H. White Looking at Earth
Major Edward H. White (34) looking down at an earth turned by distance into the lightness of a round and elderly cheese 100 miles below him, as he floated in space during the recent 4-day Gemini flight. The "umbilical cord" that attached the U.S. ...
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Apollo-10 astronaut, Eugene Cernan, arrives at Seabrook, Texas with his daughter, Tracey, 6, and wife Barbara after a reunion at nearby Ellington AFB.
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Family of Astronaut Walter Schirra
"Proud Wife of An Astronaut" Pictured here is a happy and smiling Mrs. Walter Schirra and her two children Marty and Suzanne at their home in Houston, Texas. No wonder there are smiles all round after the head of the house had become America's fif...
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Below (1) : U.S. Astronaut Major Edward White II standing in the hatchway of the Gemini IV spacecraft as he begins his historical "space walk". (2) : White pushing away from the hatch. (3) : White drifting away from the hatch. (4) : White floating...
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The Apollo-17 Crewmen Hold Their Mission Insignia at a Press Conference
"Final Crew" -- The Apollo 17 crewmen hold their mission insignia during a news conference at the Manned spacecraft center near Houston, Texas. From left are Ronald Evans, Eugene Cernan and Harrison (Jack) Schmitt. At far left is a model of the co...
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