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Gemini-Titan 11 Launch from NASA on The Commons uploaded 12 September
Armstrong Awarded Space Medal of Honor from NASA on The Commons uploaded 28 August
Apollo 11 Welcome from NASA on The Commons uploaded 13 August
Desert Survival Training from NASA on The Commons uploaded 13 August
STS-96 Launch from NASA on The Commons uploaded 27 May
Apollo 16 television transmission of lunar module ascent stage liftoff from NASA on The Commons uploaded 23 April
Astronaut John Swigert with "Mailbox" from NASA on The Commons uploaded 16 April
19 New Astronauts Announced Today in 1966 from NASA on The Commons uploaded 4 April
John Young during Apollo 10 pad egress training from NASA on The Commons uploaded 27 March
Armstrong and Scott with Hatches Open from NASA on The Commons uploaded March 2026
Gemini 8 Launched by Titan Booster from NASA on The Commons uploaded March 2026
Boarding Gemini VIII from NASA on The Commons uploaded March 2026
Geological Training from NASA on The Commons uploaded March 2026
Apollo 14: Mitchell Studies Map from NASA on The Commons uploaded February 2026
The Thirty-Five New Guys from NASA on The Commons uploaded January 2026
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John W. Burgess Special Collection Photo The reverse reads, in writing, ""Framed memento by John Burgess being presented to Elliot. See prior to his becoming an astronaut. EAFB / It was due to Elliot being killed in an aircraft accident. The (Neil) Armsto
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Drew Granston said:
The framed certificate reads "General Electric Flight Test, 1956-1962". This must be a farewell from GE party, as Elliot See was accepted as an astronaut by NASA in 1962. See was at one point "in line" to be part of the Gemini VIII crew (Armstrong and Scott) but was instead chosen as Command Pilot for Gemini IX. So Neil Armstrong was not his "backup" man.
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Drew Granston said:
Six of the 7 Mercury astronauts arrive at Convair in San Diego in September of 1959. From left, Wally Schirra, Gus Grissom, John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, Alan Shepard and Gordon Cooper. On the day this picture was taken, who could have foreseen their fates? With the exception of Carpenter, all of these men flew into space at least twice. Wally Schirra was the only astronaut to fly Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. Gus Grissom flew on Mercury and Gemini, but died in the tragic Apollo 1 fire in 1967. Alan Shepard walked on the moon in 1971. John Glenn is both the first (1962) and oldest (1998) American to orbit the earth, and the only Mercury astronaut to fly on the space shuttle, get elected to Congress, and be a candidate for Vice-President (1976) and President (1984), losing the latter to Walter Mondale. (Mondale polled 49%, Glenn, 41%, so he was close. One has to wonder - if Glenn had been nominated in 1984, would he have beaten Ronald Reagan, and what effect would that have had on world history?)