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Mission Commander -- David Scott, Apollo-15 mission commander.
Daily Mirror
The moon landing flight for Apollo 14 is scheduled for launch on January 31, 1971, from Cape Kennedy, Florida, manned by astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., commander; Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot; and Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot. ...
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Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, Commander
May 1969 On December 21, 1963 the United States launched the Apollo space craft to orbit the moon. The astronauts had two prime objectives -- to go into lunar orbit, and to take photographs of the best possible landing sites for men to set a space...
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Astronaut Alan Shepard in Simulated Space Flight
Astronaut Alan Shepard gripping the side-arm controls inside the gondola of the centrifuge, ready for simulated space flight.
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U.S. Astronauts Receiving Congratulations from President
U.S. astronauts Edward H. White (left) and James A. McDivitt putting their heads together to hear President Johnson's telephoned congratulations on their successful Gemini IV space flight. The Chief Executive's call reached them shortly after they...
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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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