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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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A portrait of Scott Carpenter in his spacesuit. Carpenter is amongst the selected group who have been trained as astronauts for America.
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Neil Armstrong — Commander of Apollo 11 Mission
Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Commander of the Apollo 1 mission.
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Apollo-15 Crewmen in front of Saturn V
The Apollo-15 crewmen pose in front of their Saturn V launch vehicle as t is rolled out of the vertical assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The giant rocket was transported to a nearby launch pad. From left are: Alfred Warden...
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Apollo-11 commander Neil Armstrong gives a hearty "thumbs up" signal as he and fellow astronauts Mike Collins (center) and Edwin Aldrin leave their quarters to enter a transfer van for a ride to the launch pad at Cape Kennedy in Florida on July 16...
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Crew and Launch vehicle -- The Apollo-15 crewmen pose in front of their Saturn V launch vehicle as it is rolled out of the vertical assembly building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The giant rocket was transported to a nearby launch pad. ...
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