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Astronaut Alan Shepard entering a lift that will take him to the space capsule atop the Redstone rocket—during tests for the American space-shot.
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"On Their Way" Cape Kennedy, Florida: American Astronaut Gordon Cooper leads fellow space traveller Peter Conrad up the ramp to their waiting Titan II rocket and Gemini spacecraft as they arrived at launch complex 19 here today at the beginning of...
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President Kennedy pinning the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Distinguished Service Medal on Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper during ceremonies at the White House on May 21st. Major Cooper was honoured for his 22-orbit flight in Faith...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Controlling a ground training device, astronaut Carpenter can see the earth's image at his feet, illustrated by the map of the south-eastern United States. The trainer, located at Manned Spacecraft Centre, Langley Field, Virginia, has the same con...
Daily Mirror
Astronaut Carpenter Studying the Flight Manual
Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter studying the flight operation manual during training procedures within project Mercury spacecraft.
Daily Mirror
Lt. Cmdr. Malcolm Scott Carpenter - US 4th astronaut
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Germini-7 astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell walk to the gantry elevator of Launch Complex #19 at Cape Kennedy, Florida, on December 4. Less than two hours later, after final pre-launch checks had been completed, they were sent into earth or...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Top row, left to right: Malcolm S. Carpenter, Leroy G. Cooper Jr., John H. Glenn Jr., and Virgil I. Grissom. Jr. Bottom row, left to right: Walter M. Schirra Jr., Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Donald K. Slayton.
The Times of Ceylon Press
