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Edwin Aldrin Aldrin in the Lunar Module during the Apollo 11 mission. NASA

Neil Armstrong Armstrong in front of the X-15 that he piloted. NASA

Apollo Lunar Module Alan Bean, Lunar Module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, starts down the ladder of Intrepid to join Charles Conrad, mission ommander, on the lunar surfa e. NASA

Apollo 17 !ugene Cernan, Apollo 1" mission ommander, he #s out the Lunar $o%ing &ehi le during the earl' part of the first Apollo 1" !&A. (he mountain in the )a #ground is the east end of *outh Massif. NASA

Apollo-Soyuz Test Project Apollo Commander (homas *tafford +in foreground, and *o'u- Commander Ale.ei Leono% ma#e their histori handsha#e in spa e during the Apollo-*o'u- (est /roje t. (he handsha#e too# pla e after the hat h to the 0ni%ersal 1o #ing Adapter was opened. NASA

Alan

ean Bean ta#ing a -ero-g shower a)oard *#'la). NASA

!one demineralization Ameri an astronaut *hannon Lu id using the treadmill a)oard the $ussian Mir spa e station. NASA

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orman (he Apollo 2 rew, left to right3 4ames Lo%ell 4r., 5illiam Anders, and 6ran# Borman. NASA

Eugene $ernan Cernan, pilot of the 7emini 8A mission, inside the spa e raft during flight. NASA

Mic%ael $ollins Collins standing )etween his Apollo 11 rewmates 9eil Armstrong +left, and !dwin :Bu--; Aldrin. NASA

Eileen $ollins Commander !ileen Collins onsults a he #list while seated at the flight de # ommander<s station a)oard Columbia during *(*-8=. NASA

$%arles &Pete' $onrad Conrad +left, and 7ordon Cooper on the de # of the re o%er' air raft arrier 0** Lake Champlain following their 7emini 5 flight. NASA

(uri )agarin Joachim Becker

)emini capsule Astronauts 4ames M 1i%itt and !d 5hite inside the 7emini spa e raft for a simulated laun h at Cape Cana%eral. NASA

)emini * !d 5hite )e omes the first Ameri an to step outside his spa e raft and drift in the %a uum of spa e. >e is atta hed to the spa e raft )' an um)ili al line and a tether line, wrapped together in gold tape to form one ord. NASA

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+o%n )lenn 7lenn dons his sil%er Mer ur' pressure suit in preparation for laun h a)oard Friendship 7 on 6e)ruar' 2?, 18@2. NASA

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,irgil )rissom 7rissom, pilot of the Mer ur' spa e raft Liberty Bell 7 arri%es a)oard the re o%er' ship 0** !andolph following his su)or)ital spa e mission. >e is flan#ed )' militar' medi al offi ers. NASA

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T%e -SS Ta#es S%ape (he *(*-22 mission spe ialist 4ames 9ewman wa%es at the amera while holding on to a handrail of the 0nit' module during earl' onstru tion wor# on the A**. (he *huttle Br)iter an )e seen refle ted in his %isor. NASA

.estiny La!oratory Module Astronauts $i # *tur #ow +left,, *(*-1?5 pilot, and 1aniel Barr' and /atri # 6orrester, )oth mission spe ialists, wor# in the A** 1estin' La)orator' in August 2??1. NASA

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+ames -rwin Arwin, Lunar Module pilot, uses a s oop in ma#ing a tren h in the lunar soil during an Apollo 15 moonwal#. Mount >adle' rises appro.imatel' C,5?? meters a)o%e the plain in the )a #ground. NASA

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Manned Maneu/ering 0nit Bru e M Candless uses the MM0 outside the *pa e *huttle Challenger in 182C for the first untethered spa ewal#. NASA

Mercury Se/en (he /roje t Mer ur' astronauts3 front row, left to right, 5alter * hirra, 1onald *la'ton, 4ohn 7lenn, and * ott CarpenterD )a # row, Alan *hepard, &irgil 7rissom, and 7ordon Cooper. NASA

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Mercury MA-1 4ohn 7lenn entering Friendship 7 )efore )e oming the first Ameri an in or)it. NASA

Mercury T%irteen 4errie Co)) tests the 7im)al $ig at Lewis $esear h Center in April 18@?. NASA

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2alter Sc%irra * hirra in Mer ur' pressure suit with a model of the Mer ur' apsule )ehind him. NASA

Alan S%epard *hepard sealed inside the Mer ur' apsule undergoing a flight simulation test. NASA

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S#yla! * 7erald Carr, ommander of the *#'la) C mission, jo#ingl' demonstrates weight training in -ero-gra%it' as he )alan es astronaut 5illiam /ogue, pilot, upside down on his finger. NASA

.onald Slayton 1e#e *la'ton suits up for an altitude test of the Apollo Command Module in an altitude ham)er of Eenned' *pa e Center<s Manned *pa e raft Bperations Building in preparation for the Apollo *o'u- (est /roje t. NASA

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Soyuz spacecra3t !*A astronaut $o)erto &ittori +foreground, during training a)oard the *o'u- simulator at *tar Cit' near Mos ow. "uropean Space Agency

space medicine Bn the midde # of *pa e *huttle Challenger Mission *pe ialist 7uion Bluford, restrained )' a harness

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and wearing a )lood pressure uff on his left arm, e.er ises on the treadmill. NASA

spacesuit 1aniel Barr', *(*-8@ mission spe ialist, wears a training %ersion of the e.tra%ehi ular mo)ilit' unit spa esuit during an underwater simulation of a spa ewal# planned for an earl' Anternal *pa e *tation mission. NASA

T%omas Sta33ord *tafford +standing, and 5alter * hirra go through a suit-up e.er ise in preparation for their 7emini @

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flight in 18@5. NASA

Sur/eyor Charles Conrad, Apollo 12 ommander, e.amines the *ur%e'or = spa e raft. (he Lunar Module Intrepid is in the right )a #ground. NASA

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,alentina Teres%#o/a Joachim Becker

)%erman Tito/ Joachim Becker

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*u)seweig%tlessness Astronaut Mi hael 7ernhardt, weightless outside the *pa e *huttle on mission *(*-@8 in 1885. Li#e all o)je ts in or)it, 7ernhardt is in ontinual free fall. NASA

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Edward 2%ite (he Apollo 1 rew3 !d 5hite + enter,, &irgil 7rissom +left,, and $oger Chaffee +right,. NASA

+o%n (oung *(*-1 rew mem)ers Commander 4ohn Foung +left, and /ilot $o)ert Crippen

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+right,. NASA

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