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Saturn Apollo Program

This image was taken in 1950. It remains mesmerizing to this day.

Saturn Apollo Program

This historical photograph is of the Apollo Space Program Leaders. An inscription appears at the top of the image that states, “Our deep appreciation for your outstanding contribution to the success of Apollo 11”, signed “S”, indicating that it was originally signed by Apollo Program Director General Sam…

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Kezia Dugdale in relationship with SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth

Kezia Dugdale in relationship with SNP MSP Jenny Gilruth

Image copyright Scottish Labour Image caption Ms Gilruth and Ms Dugdale thanked their friends, family and colleagues for their love and support Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale is in a relationship with an SNP MSP. Ms Dugdale has been dating Mid Fife and Glenrothes MSP Jenny Gilruth for about four months. At the beginning of the year the Labour leader split up with her former partner of nine…

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(August 1, 1962) Former President [sic] John F. Kennedy presents Dr. Robert R. Gilruth Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas with the Medal for Distinguished Federal Civil Service. The ceremony took place on the White House Lawn. In attendance were second from left to right: Astronaut Alan Sheppard, Astronaut John Glenn, Dr. Robert R. Gilruth, NASA Administrator James Webb, and President John F. Kennedy.

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"So this is why we're losing the space race," Bob Gilruth thought to himself in horror. "For the past three months these engineers have designed the Mercury capsule upside down."

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Bob Gilruth after the unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 flight, September 1961.

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LOLWHUT.

(A mid-1960s Mission Control picture, with an added "humorous caption," that was distributed at Dr. Robert Gilruth's retirement party in 1972. Source - who else? - Retro Space Images.)