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Apollo astronauts, seated from left, Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11; Richard Gordon, Apollo 12; Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14; Charlie Duke, Apollo 16; and Walter Cunningham, Apollo 7, and, standing from left, Thomas Stafford, Apollo 10; Russell Schweickart, Apollo 9; Gene Cernan, Apollo 17; William Anders, Apollo 8; and John Young, Apollo 10 and Apollo 16 gather for a group photograph during the Apollo/Saturn V Center grand opening gala Wednesday night Jan. 8, 1997 at Kennedy Space Center, Fla.




An excellent view of The Soviet Soyuz space craft shown in Earth orbit, photographed from the American Apollo space craft during the joint U.S.- USSR Apollo-Soyuz Test Project docking-in-orbit mission, July, 1975. The Soyuz is contrasted against a white-cloud background in this overhead view. The three major components of the Soyuz are the spherical-shaped Orbital Module, the bell-shaped Descent Vehicle, and the cylindrical-shaped Instrument Assembly Module from which two solar panels protrude. The docking system on the Orbital Module was specially designed to interface with the docking system on the Apollo's Docking Module. The ASTP astronauts and cosmonauts visited each other's spacecraft while the Apollo and Soyuz were docked in earth for two days.




This picture shows the three NASA astronauts who comprise the U.S. flight crew for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz test project mission. The prime crewmen for the joint U.S. Soviet Union space flight are, left to right: Donald Slayton, docking module pilot; Vance Brand, command module pilot; and Thomas Stafford, commander. The American and Soviet crews will visit one another's space craft while the Soyuz and Apollo are docked in Earth orbit for a maximum of two days. The mission is designed to test equipmentand techniques that will establish international crew rescue capability in space, as well as permit future cooperative scientific missions.




This oblique photograph of the moon looks generally northwest into the Sea of Tranquility, projected landing site for the Apollo 11 astronauts. The lower (nearest) linear feature is the Cauchy Scarp. The upper linear feature is the Cauchy Rille. The prominent crater Cauchy lies between the rille and the scarp. This picture was made from the Apollo 8 spacecraft late December, 1968.




This is how the crescent earth rise looked to the Apollo 17 crew prior to Trans Earth Injection. The lunar far side is in the foreground. The photo was taken December 16, 1972, and released by NASA December 27.




The crew of the first manned Apollo space flight pose for a portrait before their tragic flash-fire deaths during a countdown rehearsal, January 27, 1967. Left to right are: Edward White, Virgil Grissom, and Roger Chaffee.