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Gemini X Pilots Prepare for Space Launch
Astronauts Michael Collins and John Young walk in front of NASA group shaking hands with crowd behind barricade / climb into car and drive away / in NASA ready room pilots do final prep with workers / put on spacesuits / crew take bus to...
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Gemini X Prepares for Launch
Astronauts Michael Collins and John Young greeted by NASA workers at top of elevator / Collins and Young are assisted into their seats inside the capsule on top of the rocket / seal doors / INT NASA control room / workers with headphones...
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Three day space trip for Gemini 11
Pilots Charles Conrad and Richard Gordon are greeted by crew on top of the Titan II rocket / men are helped into their space capsules / both men lying on their backs looking at control pad / target rocket blasts off / Gemini 11 rocket...
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Gemini XII Returns to Earth
Navy helicopter takes off from carrier ship on its way to retrieve the crew of Gemini 12 / helicopters circle as space capsule descends by parachute / capsule floating in the ocean / Navy frogmen hoist astronauts Captain James Lovell and...
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Gemini VI-A Astronauts Prepare for Launch But Cancel at Last Minute
Screen reads: 'GREAT FEATS IN SPACE HISTORY' / pan of space center and surrounding area at Cape Canaveral / Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Stafford seated with technician assisting him with astronaut suit / Command Pilot Walter Schirra seated...
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Astronaut Scott Carpenter
Scott Carpenter in space suit inside Aurora 7 on launch day / capsule being sealed / NASA control room / United States Navy aircraft carrier with helicopter taking off / aerial launch pad / countdown in progress / engineers doing final...
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CLEAN : NASA spacecraft ready for mission around metal-rich asteroid Psyche
NASA scientists prepare the "Psyche" spacecraft in their California laboratory as the space agency is set to send a probe for the first time to a world made mostly of metal, rather than rock or ice (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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SpaceX Launches Falcon 9 Rocket
SpaceX has launched a Falcon 9 rocket into space this morning, carrying a NASA x-ray telescope. Meanwhile, the head of the European space agency told the Financial Times that the SpaceX boss, Elon Musk, is making the rules in space...
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U.S. President John F. Kennedy presents NASA's Distinguished Service medal to astronaut John Glenn.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy presents NASA's Distinguished Service medal to astronaut John Glenn.
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Astronaut John Glenn removes his protective boots before entering the Friendship 7 space capsule.
Astronaut John Glenn removes his protective boots before entering the Friendship 7 space capsule.
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The Gemini IV rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The Gemini IV rocket launches from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Astronaut John Glenn blasts off in the Friendship 7 space capsule.
Astronaut John Glenn blasts off in the Friendship 7 space capsule.
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VOICED: Move to privatization may save US space program
VOICED: Move to privatization may save US space program
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The Mistletoe Missile Atlas rocket blasts off from its launch pad.
The Mistletoe Missile Atlas rocket blasts off from its launch pad.
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Astronaut John Glenn wears a spacesuit as he rides in a space capsule.
Astronaut John Glenn wears a spacesuit as he rides in a space capsule.
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U.S. President John F. Kennedy talks to astronauts Gordon Cooper and Virgil Gus Grissom.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy talks to astronauts Gordon Cooper and Virgil Gus Grissom.
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SpaceX Launches South Korean Military Satellite
Jul.20 -- Watch SpaceX launch a ANASIS-II communications satellite for the South Korean military from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
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A problem with a valve on a Delta IV Heavy rocket and strong winds delayed the first test flight of Orion, the spacecraft designed to carry astronauts to asteroids and Mars. NASA says it will try to launch Orion on Friday. (Dec. 4)
UPSOUND (English) NASA Control Room:
"Roger. ALC hold fire on. Timer, do not release the hold."
"Roger."
"Hold fire on."
UPSOUND (English) NASA Control Room:
"At this time, please coordinate a new 2-Zero for 1-4-:-4-Zulu, the end of the...
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Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on mission STS-122
Space Shuttle Atlantis launches on STS-122 mission to deliver European Columbus science laboratory module to the International Space Station / Atlantis on launch pad / CU rocket booster firing / Shuttle launches into space / views from...
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As the shuttle races around Earth at 17,000 miles per hour, more than 7,000 people at the Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Space Coast will be preparing for unemployment in the coming weeks and months.
HEADLINE: Unemployment after Atlantis on the "Space Coast"
CAPTION: As the shuttle races around Earth at 17,000 miles per hour, more than 7,000 people at the Kennedy Space Center on Florida's Space Coast will be preparing for...
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Astronaut Charles Conrad, Jr. ascends into the sky in the Gemini 5 rocket.
Astronaut Charles Conrad, Jr. ascends into the sky in the Gemini 5 rocket.
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CLEAN: Dark clouds in Florida as shuttle program winds down
CLEAN: Dark clouds in Florida as shuttle program winds down
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CLEAN : STOCKSHOTS: Inside NASA's facilities in Florida's Kennedy Space Center
Images show NASA facilities in Florida's Kennedy Space Center 50 years after the Apollo 11 moon landing (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Boeing's Starliner won't dock with ISS on schedule: NASA
NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine says Boeing's Starliner spacecraft burned more fuel that anticipated and won't achieve its scheduled docking at the International Space Station on Saturday (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)