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Conrad and His Wife Offering flowers

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• 1970-3-15

The Times of Ceylon Press

Wax Effigy of Astronaut Glenn At Madame Tussuad's Waxworks in London

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• 1962-4-5

A schoolboy gazing admiringly at the wax effigy of US spacemen Col. John Glenn At Madame Tussuad's waxworks in London.

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Gemini-9 Crew Aboard Carrier

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Gemini-9 astronauts Eugene Cernan (left) and Tom Stafford prepare to leave their Gemini-9 spacecraft aboard the prime recovery ship USS Wasp. They were picked up within an hour after their bullseye landing in the Atlantic east of Florida on June 6...

The Times of Ceylon Press

The Arrival of Apollo-12 Crew in Sri Lanka

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• 1970-3-14

The Apollo 12 trio, Charles Conrad, Richard Gordon and Alan Bean and their wives Jane, Barbara and Sue who arrived at the Katunayake International Airport yesterday on a three-day visit are seen descending from the presidential aircraft which brou...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Space Couple Salute

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• 1965-6-8

Aboard Carrier Wasp: The two American astronauts launched into orbit on June 3rd, "splashed down" safely by parachute in the Atlantic 400 miles from Bermuda yesterday. They came down 48 miles from the main recovery vessel, the carrier wasp and the...

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American & Soviet Spacemen in a Joint Handshake

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American and Soviet spacemen in a joint handshake when they met for the first time at a recent reception in Athens marking the end of the 6th International Astronomical Congress. From left to right are Soviet Vokshod 2, cosmonaut, Lt-Col. Alexei L...

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Apollo-14 Astronauts from the Window of their Mobile Quarantine Van Aboard the Recovery Carrier

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• 1971-2-22

Apollo-14 astronauts Stuart Roosa, Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell (from left) gaze out of the window of their mobile quarantine van aboard the recovery carrier USS New Orleans. They splashed down in the South Pacific near Samoa February 9 to end ...

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James Loyell (Left) and Frank Borman

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"The Glory Boys from Outer Space" Aboard the USS Wasp: Bearded astronauts James Lovell (left) and Frank Borman pictured on this aircraft carrier today in the Atlantic Southwest of Bermuda after their successful splash down. The world space record-...

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Captain Richard Gordon

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Colombo, March 17 -- Captain Richard Gordon (right) leafs through an album presented to him by Mr. Victor Stier (left) Director of the United States Information Service, Colombo. In the center is Mr. Arthur Clarke. The album contained pictures and...

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Astronaut Shepard Coming out of the Spacecraft

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Alan B. Shepard, Jr., coming out of the Project Mercury Spacecraft.

The Times of Ceylon Press