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Space Adventures Announces Agreement for the First Private Mission to the International Space Station
ATMOSPHERE: Astronaut Suit at the Space Adventures Announces Agreement for the First Private Mission to the International Space Station at New York NY. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Photographer's Journal: Mark Wilson Covers Endeavour Launch
Photographer's Journal: Mark Wilson Covers Endeavour Launch. (Footage by Getty Images)
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CU Large poster of cosmonaut moving right, balloons in foreground, Moscow
CU Large poster of cosmonaut moving right, balloons in foreground, Moscow
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter receives University degree
/ Commander Scott Carpenter enjoys a hero's welcome at his alma mater, the University of Colorado / Carpenter waves to a large crowd as he drives around the university stadium / sits on the trunk of the car with his wife Rene / crowd...
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Space Adventures Announces Agreement for the First Private Mission to the International Space Station
ATMOSPHERE: Astronaut Suit at the Space Adventures Announces Agreement for the First Private Mission to the International Space Station at New York NY. (Footage by WireImage Video/GettyImages)
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Astronaut Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space
Astronaut Alan Shepard in Freedom 7 capsule as he becomes the first American in space on May 05, 1961 in In Space (Footage by Getty Images)
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Gus Grissom tests NASA Paresev 1-A, paraglider research vehicle
NASA Paresev 1-A on lake bed with project Mercury Astronaut Gus Grissom / testing the feasibility of using a steerable kite-like parawing as a replacement for parachutes used then to safely land spacecraft on Earth / The project was...
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Astronaut Alan Shepard preparing for Project Mercury 3 mission
Astronaut Alan Shepard wearing spacesuit and preparing for Project Mercury III mission / technician testing spacesuit speaker system on July 28, 1961 in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Footage by Getty Images)
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Project Mercury Atlas 6 lift off
Project Mercury Atlas 6 mission / NASA mission control, countdown clock / Atlas 6 rocket lift-off carrying astronaut John Glenn, who became the first American to orbit the Earth. Project Mercury Atlas 6 lift off on February 20, 1962 in...
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Mercury Redstone 3 rocket on launch pad to take first American into space
Mercury Redstone 3 rocket on launch pad with Freedom 7 capsule / astronaut Alan Shepard makes his way to the launch pad as he becomes the first American in space / NASA TV-1 trucks on May 05, 1961 in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Footage by...
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Spectators eagerly await liftoff of Project Mercury Atlas 6
Group of young spectators sitting in convertible car eagerly await launch / teary-eyed middleaged woman awaits launch, closing eyes and praying / lines of people and cars along beach front / man sitting on folding chair atop roof,...
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Project Mercury Atlas 6 Mission pre-flight preparations
Holiday Inn sign wishing John Glenn good luck / astronaut John Glenn eating breakfast before mission / John Glenn suiting up / women spectators waiting for launch, looking through binoculars / sign saying 'Good Luck Glenn from the All...
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Project Mercury Atlas 6 Mission pre-flight preparations
Project Mercury astronaut John Glenn enters the Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) Friendship 7 spacecraft wearing the full pressure suit and helmet / McDonnell Aircraft Corporation technicians assist. Project Mercury Atlas 6 Mission pre-flight...
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Mercury Redstone 3 launches into space with first American into space
Mercury Redstone 3 launches Alan Shepard into space as the first American into space on May 05, 1961 in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Footage by Getty Images)
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Mercury 7 astronauts relaxing, surfing and watersking
Mercury 7 astronauts relaxing, surfing and waterskiing on January 01, 1961 (Footage by Getty Images)
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Project Mercury Freedom 7 capsule being moved
Project Mercury Freedom 7 capsule being moved on January 01, 1961 in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Footage by Getty Images)
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Astronaut Alan Shepard suiting up for Project Mercury 3 mission
Astronaut Alan Shepard suiting up for Project Mercury III mission on July 28, 1961 in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Footage by Getty Images)
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Project Mercury Redstone 4 astronauts pre-flight preparations
Project Mercury Redstone 4 astronauts pre-flight preparations / Virgil 'Gus' Grissom is suited up in space suit on July 21, 1961 in Cape Canaveral, Florida (Footage by Getty Images)
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Tim Peake Boards Helicopter For Karaganda Airport
Tim Peake Boards Helicopter For Karaganda Airport
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Yuri Malenchenko Brought Out Of Soyuz Capsule
Yuri Malenchenko Brought Out Of Soyuz Capsule
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Search & Rescue Teams Setting Up On Kazakh Steppe
Search & Rescue Teams Setting Up On Kazakh Steppe