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 | Apollo 11 Lunar Module Returns.
Michael Collins the third member of the Apollo 11 crew took this picture of the lander returning to the command module. |
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| 502 |
 | Apollo 11 Patch.
Apollo 11 Patch. |
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| 503 |
 | Apollo 11 Quarantine.
president Richard Nixon greets the Apollo 11 astronauts as they wait out their quarantine. |
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| 504 |
 | Apollo 11 Rollout.
The Saturn V rocket that carried the Apollo 11 astronauts leaves the assembly building on it's 1MPH trip to the launching pad. |
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| 505 |
 | Apollo 11 Splashdown.
Navy personnel ready to help the astronauts out of their capsule. Note the suits and respirators being worn to protect from the unknown. |
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| 506 |
 | Apollo 14 Astronauts In Quarantine.
Apollo 14 Astronauts In Quarantine. |
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| 507 |
 | Apollo 14 Command Module.
Apollo 14 Command Module. |
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| 508 |
 | Apollo 14 Insignia.
Apollo 14 Insignia. |
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| 509 |
 | Apollo 14 Landing.
Apollo 14 Landing. |
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| 510 |
 | Apollo 14 Launch.
Apollo 14 Launch. |
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| 511 |
 | Apollo 14 Lunar Module.
Apollo 14 Lunar Module. |
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| 512 |
 | Apollo 14 Recovery.
Apollo 14 Recovery. Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, is the first out the hatch. |
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| 513 |
 | Apollo 14 Shepard At Work.
This photo is sometimes mislabeled as Shepard playing golf. It is him working with the tool that would become his make-shift golf club but, it is not the golfing moment. |
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| 514 |
 | Apollo 15
Apollo 15 Saturn V launch vehicle being transported to the launch site. |
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| 515 |
 | Apollo 15 Command Module.
Worden was busy while the rest of the Apollo crew was on the moon. The Apollo 15 command module was the first to be equipped with a Scientific instrument Module (SIM). It contained cameras, a gamma ray spectrometer, a laser altimeter and a mass spectrometer. It is seen here open. The cover was jettisoned as the crew made the trip to the moon.
Worden had to operate the camera shutters and turn the various sensors on and off as needed. He mapped over 25% of the moons surface and made detailed studies of the dark side of the moon which had never been studied in such detail before. His work was used to choose the landing sight for Apollo 17.
Between experiments he had to exorcise. It was found that even on short duration flights, astronauts became weakened due to the lack of gravity. Bungee cords provided resistance to pull on to keep their shoulders and arms strong. Worden would also fold away the center couch and jog on the stop.
Each time the moon was between Worden and the Earth the result was a radio-blackout. Each time he reappeared he would call out "Hello Earth; Greetings from Endeavour" in a different language having researched the translations before he left Earth. |
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| 516 |
 | Apollo 15 Cover.
Apollo 15 carried about 400 unauthorized postal covers to the moon. The crew; Scott, Worden and' Irwin agreed to take payments for carrying the covers. It became generally known in 1972. They returned the money and, were reprimanded by NASA. Press coverage led to a Senate committee investigation. The crew was grounded and never flew in space again.
Sadly a quick look at NASA's official store shows that the "profiting from space exploration" that the three were berated for is now standard operating procedure. |
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| 517 |
 | Apollo 15 Crew Recovered.
Apollo 15 astronauts exiting the recovery helicopter. They were the first Apollo mission not required to go into quarantine. From studying the crews, the soils and, samples returned from previous missions medical experts had come to the conclusion that there was no risk. |
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| 518 |
 | Apollo 15 Crew.
Al flew with David Scott and James Irwin. In the background is their mission patch consisting of tree stylized birds flying across the moon. To the right of the birds the crater shadows form IV, the Roman numeral for 15. |
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| 519 |
 | Apollo 15 Lift-off
Apollo 15 Lift-off |
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| 520 |
 | Apollo 15 Lift-off.
Apollo 15 Lift-off. |
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| 521 |
 | Apollo 15 Rover.
Apollo 15 was the first mission to use a lunar rover. Seen here the crew poses with the rover trainer. Al is sitting on the front of the rover. |
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| 522 |
 | Apollo 15 Subsatellite.
Here the Apollo 15 crew poses by the training rover with a mock-up of the Particles and Fields Subsatellite (PFS-1) was a small satellite released into lunar orbit from the SIM bay just before the mission left orbit to return to Earth. Its was designed to study the plasma, particle fields of the moon to detect volcanic activity. It mapped magnetic field and the gravity field of the moon. |
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| 523 |
 | Apollo Capsule Recovery.
Navy divers work to secure the capsule. The astronauts remained in the capsule until it was hoisted aboard the recovery ship, the USS New Orleans.
At the end of the flight noxious nitrogen tetroxide fumes from the command module's control thrusters was accidently sucked into the cabin during landing. The crew was hospitalized as a precaution. While there a lesion was discovered on Slayton's lung and removed. Had it been found before the mission it likely would have resulted in him being grounded a second time causing him to miss this opportunity. |
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| 524 |
 | Apollo Capsule Returns.
Apollo Capsule Returns. |
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| 525 |
 | Apollo I Crew
Chaffee (Right) was selected with Virgil "Gus" Grissom and Edward White as the crew for the first Apollo Mission. On January 27, 1967 they were in the space capsule participating in a test for the scheduled February 21 launch. Tragically a fire started inside the capsule and all three men lost their lives. |
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| 526 |
 | Apollo Soyuz Docking.
Artist conception of the two space craft about to dock. The Apollo astronauts spent 9 days 1 hour and 28 minutes in space. The Soyuz crew spent 5 days 22 hours and 30 minutes in space. They spent 47 hours and 7 minutes docked together. |
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| 527 |
 | Apollo Spacecraft with Docking Module.
Apollo Spacecraft with Docking Module as photographed by the Soyuz crew. The docking module adapted the two different spacecraft together. It was carried into space by the Americans in the same fashion as the lunar lander had been by earlier Apollo missions. |
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| 528 |
 | Apollo XI Pre-Launch.
At the pre-launch breakfast Donald Slayton discusses the location of recovery ships and communications sites to be used during the mission. With him are astronauts Bill Anders, Armstrong, Collins, Aldrin. |
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| 529 |
 | Apollo XII Astronaut Preference Kit.
In 1969 the crew of Apollo 12 was selected and, their goal was the second landing on the moon. One of the first things they had to do was design the logo for their mission. The result was a Yankee Clipper ship sailing around the moon. They arrived at that because the Clipper was an American creation and it paid tribute to the fact that all three of the Apollo 12 astronauts were naval aviators.
The Apollo astronauts were allowed an "Astronaut Preference Kit" which within certain guidelines allowed them to take personal items on their trip. The things they could take with them on the moon landing were limited to 1 ½ pounds total or ½ pound per astronaut.
Astronaut Richard (Dick) F. Gordon Jr. chose to have custom made brooches made out of 14 karat gold. The design would be based upon their mission logo. To do the work he chose Homer James Avery, proprietor of James Avery Artisan Jewelry. One was made for each of the astronauts’ wives. A fourth that didn’t make the trip is on display at the James Avery Jewelry’s visitor center.
Additionally astronaut Alan Bean took with him a pair of sterling silver cufflinks with a Celtic cross design that were made by James Avery.
After the mission Dick and his wife presented the jewelry to the other astronaut’s wives. In the photo Sue Bean can be seen wearing hers. |
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| 530 |
 | Apollo XIII Repair.
Slayton, director of flight crew operations (center), explains the improvised repair that Apollo XIII astronauts will have to preform in order to survive aboard their crippled spacecraft. |
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| 531 |
 | Apollo XIII.
Mission Control Center during the Apollo 13 oxygen cell failure. Seated at consoles, from left to right, are Astronaut Donald K. Slayton, Director of Flight Crew Operations; Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Shift 3 spacecraft communicator; and Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 13 back-up crew. Standing, left to right, are Astronaut Tom K. Mattingly, who was replaced as Apollo 13 command module pilot after it was learned he may come down with measles, and Astronaut Vance D. Brand, Shift 2 spacecraft communicator. |
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| 532 |
 | Apollo-Soyuz American Lift-Off.
Apollo-Soyuz American Lift-Off. |
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| 533 |
 | Apollo-Soyuz Crews.
Astronaut Thomas P. Stafford (standing on left), commander of the American crew; cosmonaut Aleksey A. Leonov (standing on right), commander of the Soviet crew; astronaut Donald K. Slayton (seated on left), docking module pilot of the American crew; astronaut Vance D. Brand (seated center), command module pilot of the American crew; and cosmonaut Valeriy N. Kubasov (seated on right), engineer on the Soviet crew. |
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| 534 |
 | Apollo-Soyuz Mission Crew.
The three NASA astronauts of the United States flight crew for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project (ASTP) mission. left to right, Donald K. Slayton, docking module pilot; Vance D. Brand, command module pilot; and Thomas P. Stafford, commander. |
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| 535 |
 | Apollo-Soyuz Soviet Lift-Off.
Apollo-Soyuz Soviet Lift-Off. |
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| 536 |
 | Apollo-Soyuz Test Program Patch.
Apollo–Soyuz was the first crewed international space mission. |
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| 537 |
 | Apollo-Soyuz Test Saturn 1B.
Apollo-Soyuz Test, Saturn 1B rocket waits on the launch pad. |
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| 538 |
 | Aqueduct at Aux Sable.
In order to cross the Aux Sable Creek it was decided to build an aqueduct. That is a bridge that carries water. The current aqueduct is not the original. |
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| 539 |
 | Arba Marie (Rider) Wheelock
Arba Marie (nee Rider) Wheelock |
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| 540 |
 | Arbutus (nee McLean) Shinske
Arbutus (nee McLean) Shinske |
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| 541 |
 | Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
Archie Mountbatten-Windsor. |
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| 542 |
 | Archie Mountbatten-Windsor.
Archie Mountbatten-Windsor. |
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| 543 |
 | Ariana Rockefeller.
Ariana Rockefeller. |
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| 544 |
 | Arland Earl Avery
Wisconsin, Two Rivers, Washington High School, 1952 |
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| 545 |
 | Arlen Card.
Arlen Card. |
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| 546 |
 | Arlene Reba Turner
Arlene Reba (nee Turner) Lonnecker |
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| 547 |
 | Arlene Silver
Arlene Silver and Dick Van Dyke |
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| 548 |
 | Arlington House.
Today Lee's former home is known as Arlington House. |
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| 549 |
 | Arlington National Cemetery Entrance.
Arlington National Cemetery Entrance. |
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 | Arlington National Cemetery Sign.
Arlington National Cemetery Sign. |
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