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The Post Office Department Signaled the First Orbital Flight
The Post Office Department signaled the first orbital flight of a United States astronaut February 20 with the issuance of a new Commemorative stamp, placed on sale throughout America at the exact hour that Astronaut John Glenn's historic flight w...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Joan Aldrin—Wife of Astronaut Aldrin
She holds a Master's degree in drama and plays in and directs local theatre.
The Times of Ceylon Press
America's First Manned Apollo Team in Training
These three men are being trained to embark on the first manned, orbital mission of the American space flight (Apollo). It will be launched in the first half of year 1967 and lasting up to 14 days. Left to right: Virgil Grissom, Roger Chaffee and ...
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"Ready For Space" — Command Pilot James A. Lovell, Jr., has a smile for photographers as he tries on the space suit he will be wearing during the forthcoming Gemini-12 flight. He is a veteran of the Gemini-7 mission which established the world end...
The Times of Ceylon Press
A New Spacesuit for Use in the U.S. Apollo Programme
Four views of a new spacesuit for use in the U.S. Apollo program. Called the Block II Extravehicular Mobility Unit, the outfit is designed to permit the astronauts to leave their craft after a lunar landing to conduct experiments and to explore th...
United States Information Service
From Left to Right: Astronauts Richard F. Gordon Jr., command module pilot; Charles Conrad Jr., commander and Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot.
Daily Mirror
Astronaut David R.Scott, Commander of the Apollo-15 lunar landing mission, with his wife, the former Ann Lurton Ott; his daughter, Tracy, born March 25, 1961; and his son, Douglas W., born October 8, 1963.
The Times of Ceylon Press