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S65-19530 (7 June 1965) --- The red carpet treatment is given to the Gemini-Titan 4 astronauts Edward H. White II...
The Gemini-4 Astronauts is shown being hoisted aboard the Aircraft Carrier USS Wasp. The flotation collar is still...
The Gemini-4 Astronauts is shown being hoisted aboard the aircraft carrier USS Wasp. The flotation collar is still...
S61-02727 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard is seen on the deck of the USS Lake Champlain after the...
S88-31376 (5 May 1961) --- Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., pilot of the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) suborbital...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An X-band radar is ready to be loaded on the U.S. Naval Ship Hayes at Port Canaveral in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - On the dock at Port Canaveral in Florida, a worker secures a crane hook on an X-band...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An X-band radar is transferred onto the U.S. Naval Ship Hayes at Port Canaveral in...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - A support equipment module for an X-band radar is being loaded on the U.S. Naval Ship...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - An X-band radar is installed on the U.S. Naval Ship Hayes at Port Canaveral in Florida...