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New York City welcomes Apollo 11 crewmen in a showering of ticker tape down Broadway and Park Avenue in a parade termed as the largest in the city's history. Pictured in the lead car, from the right, are astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. The three astronauts teamed for the first manned lunar landing, on......
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The Apollo 4 unmanned mission lifts off from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. This would be the first flight for the enormous Saturn V rocket that would eventually take humans to the Moon. Credit: NASAPhoto by Bill Taub NASA Identifier: 431209main_AP4-Launch-GPN-2006-000038...
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Looking intently at the booster performance plot boards in the blockhouse just after launch of a Saturn rocket are left to right: Dr. George Mueller, Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, NASA Headquarters; Dr. Wernher von Braun, Director, Marshall Space Flight Center; Dr. Eberhard Rees, Deputy Director, Marshall Space Flight Center; in the left foreground Lt. Col. Rocco Petrone,......
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Overall view of Astronaut John Glenn, Jr., as he enters into the spacecraft Friendship 7 prior to MA-6 launch operations at Launch Complex 14. Astronaut Glenn is entering his spacecraft to begin the first manned Earth orbital mission. Credit: NASAPhoto by Bill Taub NASA Identifier: 431171main_MA6-1_Glenn...
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A closeup of astronaut Alan Shepard in his space suit seated inside the Mercury capsule. He is undergoing a flight simulation test with the capsule mated to the Redstone booster. Credit: NASAPhoto by Bill Taub NASA Identifier: 431158main_Shepard_GPN-2000-001005...
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A technician prepares to unlatch the door built into the guide vanes of the 16-Foot Transonic Wind Tunnel at NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. The tunnel, one of dozens of research facilities at Langley, was built in 1939 and most recently renovated in 1990. Operating transonically or across the speed of sound, the air in the test section travels from about 150 to 1,000 miles......
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In keeping with the semi-quarantine for the Apollo 11 mission, NASA photographer Bill Taub having blood test prior to photographing Apollo 11 crew -- Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. Administering the blood test in the Launch Site Medical Operations Laboratory is Cheryl Tuchman. Credit: NASA NASA Identifier: 431109main_69-H-1112...
