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Space Pair Chat With U.S. President

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  • 1965-6-8

"Aboard Carrier Wasp": America's latest space pair, the Majors' Edward White and James McDivitt share telephone aboard the USS Wasp late yesterday to talk to their President, Lyndon B. Johnson. The President told the couple that they had written t...

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Astronaut Alfred Warden

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  • 1971-7-27

Command Module Pilot -- Alfred Worden, Apollo-15 command module pilot.

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Astronaut Adrin Reunites with Family

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  • 1969-7-16

"Happy Reunion" -- U.S. "space walker" astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin holds his youngest son, Andrew, as Mrs. Aldrin and daughter Janice wait their turn. The photo was taken in November 1966 upon Aldrin's return from the Gemini-12 space flight in w...

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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin

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  • 1966-1-9

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., who will accompany Command Pilot James A. Lovell on the foregrounding Gemini-12 flight, is the first holder of a U.S. doctorate to journey into space. He earned a doctor of science degree in astronautics in 1963 fro...

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Astronaut Grissom Goes Through Training For His Flight

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  • 1961-7-22

Astronaut Virgil I. Grissom goes through a rigorous phase of training for his flight. He became accustomed to the sensation of acceleration and deceleration in this giant centrifuge, which spun him until he was pressed back into his couch with a f...

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Water Training for Gemini-3 Astronauts

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Astronauts Gus Grissom (center) and John Young, pilots of the first two-man orbital flight, practice using inflatable floatation devices in preparation for their space ride. A frogman stands by at left. The "back-up" team, Astronauts Wally Schirra...

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