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Technicians Assist Astronaut Aldrin
Space Laboratory — White garbed technicians assist Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, in space suit, during various laboratory tests in preparation for his participation in the four-day Gemini-12 flight.
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Astronaut Richard F. Gordon, Jr., Command Module Pilot, Apollo-12.
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Apollo-7 Opening the New Quick-Opening Hatch During a Rehearsal
Apollo Seven command pilot, Walter Schirra, opening the new quick-opening hatch in his spacecraft during a recent rehearsal of emergency escape procedures. The drill marked the resumption of Apollo testing by its pilots after the ground fire which...
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Astronaut Schirra Gets Ready For Space Orbit
"American Astronaut Gets Ready For Space Orbit" Pictures have just been received of American Astronaut Walter Schirra getting ready for America's six-orbit flight of the world which takes place today. The flight starts at Cape Canaveral and should...
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Apollo Flight Crews in Training for the First Three Apollo Manned Flights
Astronaut crews for the first three Apollo manned flights are now in training. Walter Schirra will be pilot for the first manned test of the Apollo capsule, scheduled to be launched atop a Saturn I rocket this summer. Donn Eisele and Walt Cunningh...
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Crowd Broke through to Greet Apollo-8 Astronauts
Space Center, Houston: Crowd of about 1,000 braved the early morning cold 12/29, and broke through restraining lines to greet Apollo 8 astronauts. From left to right are William Anders, holding his daughter Gayle, 8; James Lovell and Frank Borman.
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Astronaut Aldrin Is Reunited with His Wife
Space Center, Houston: Buzz Aldrin is reunited with his wife through the phone and the window of the quarantine chamber as the Apollo 11 trio returned to the city of their departure early 7/27.
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Second Group of Gemini Astronauts
Gemini Astronauts -- The second group of U.S. astronauts poses around a module of the Gemini spacecraft. They will join with astronauts from the original Mercury group for future flights in the two-man capsule. Counter-clockwise from upper left ar...
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Astronaut Schirra Undergoing Pre-Launch Tests
"Pre-Launch Checkout" -- Astronaut Walter M. Schirra undergoes pre-launch tests on weight and balance machine in Hangar "S" at Cape Canaveral, Florida in preparation for his orbital flight in the Mercury space capsule, Sigma 7.
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