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Kindergarten Astronauts

Date: 10 11 1968
Description: Kindergarten students wear space helmets they made from buckets as part of a class project designed to interest them in current events. A cardboard "Apollo...
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Alan Shepard

Date: 1966
Description: Astronaut Alan Shepard (second from the left), then the head of NASA's astronaut office, talks with the press at Cape Canaveral before the Gemini 8. On Apr...
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Gemini 8 Astronauts

Date: 03 1966
Description: Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong (right) and David R. Scott, the two-man crew scheduled to fly Gemini 8, visiting the Lockheed plant where the Agena target veh...
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Apollo 16 on the Moon

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Description: Astronaut Charles M Duke, Jr., collecting lunar samples using a rake and tongs. This photograph was taken on the moon by John W. Young, the crew commander....
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Astronaut Photograph

Date: 01 1967
Description: Astronaut James A. Lovell and his wife during a visit to Wisconsin. One measure of Lovell's celebrity status is the fact that it is Wisconsin's governor, ...
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Apollo 8 Honors

Date: 02 20 1969
Description: Astronaut James A. Lovell accepting a gift of cheese from Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles during a gathering in Lovell's honor. A model of the Apollo ...
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Gemini Hero

Date: 01 1967
Description: Greeting astronaut James A. Lovell (4th from the left) and his wife at the airport are Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles (2nd from the left) and Mrs. Do...
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Astronaut Deke Slayton

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Description: Astronaut Donald K. Slayton of Sparta, Wisconsin. Slayton enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 at age 18 and flew 56 combat missions in B-25s during Worl...
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NASA Parasev

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Description: Astronaut Neil Armstrong (right), the first man to walk on the surface of the Moon, with Tom Poberezny, the son of EAA founder Paul Poberezny and the presi...
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SNAP-27 Beryllium Container Built for Apollo 12

Date: 1967
Description: Artist's illustration of a beryllium container built by the Solar Division of International Harvester. The container was intended to be used as a power sou...
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Two Astronauts

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Description: Two astronauts cling to the back of a rocket. The image is from the television show Men Into Space.
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Scene from Men Into Space

Date: 07 31 1959
Description: William Lundigan, as Colonel Ed McCauley, and Ross Elliott as Dr. George Batton, stand on the lunar landscape set of the television show Men Into Space. Th...
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Nancy Gates on Men Into Space

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Description: Nancy Gates, who plays Renza Hale on an episode of the television show Men Into Space, is shown in a spacesuit and helmet on the lunar landscape set...
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Astronauts on the Moon

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Description: Four astronauts, including Colonel Ed McCauley, played by William Lundigan, struggle with oxygen tanks. They are on the lunar landscape set of the televisi...
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Astronaut with Space Ship

Date: 06 11 1959
Description: An actor, dressed as an astronaut, is seen on the lunar landscape set of the television show Men Into Space. He is standing near the leg of a huge s...
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Astronauts on Men Into Space

Date: 06 18 1959
Description: Two actors, dressed as astronauts, are seen on the set of the television show Men Into Space. The two look like they are trying to repair something....

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