Item 0244 - "Astronaut Named for America's Second Manned Flight into Space"

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326-IM-0016A-0244

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"Astronaut Named for America's Second Manned Flight into Space"

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  • 1961-08-05 (Creation)

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The Times of Ceylon Press

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Central Press Photos Ltd.

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A portrait of 35-years-old Captain Virgil Grissom, of the United States Air Force, who has been selected to make the second American manned rocket flight into space from Cape Canaveral tomorrow. Te flight is to be made in a two-ton Mercury capsule "Liberty Bell 7" (fired by a Redstone Rocket) and will last for 15 minutes.

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30 MiB

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