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Women Astronomers

Date: 1880
Description: Maria Mitchell, first woman astronomer in the United States at Vassar College.
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Astronomer at Washburn Observatory

Date: 06 17 1947
Description: View looking up towards open dome as Olin Eggen, research astronomer, looks through the telescope at Washburn Observatory on the campus of University of Wi...
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Senator Wiley with Apollo Model

Date: 09 14 1962
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley posing with a cutaway model of an Apollo rocket. Behind him on a wall are portraits of Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.
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Senator Wiley and Missile Model

Date: 10 23 1962
Description: Senator Alexander Wiley posing with a model of a missile. Near him on the desk are an American Flag and a globe.
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Professor Arthur Roberts

Date: 07 24 1956
Description: Arthur Roberts, Professor of Physics at Rochester University, demonstrates his other passion in life while seated at a piano. He is in Madison working on a...
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Apollo 12 Astronaut with Solar-Built Components on Moon

Date: 1970
Description: An Apollo 12 astronaut and lunar landing module on the moon's surface. The beryllium container in the foreground was built by the Solar Division of Interna...
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"Destination Moon" scene still with John Archer.

Date: 1950
Description: Actor John Archer is in the spaceship interior set of "Destination Moon." He walks carefully in a pair of boots with suction cups and holds another pair i...
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"Destination Moon" scene still with Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, and John Archer.

Date: 1950
Description: "Destination Moon" scene still with the actors Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, Dick Wesson, and John Archer in the control room of a spaceship. Wesson and Arc...
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Tom Powers in a "Destination Moon" publicity still.

Date: 1950
Description: Actor Tom Powers shows signs of distress strapped onto a spaceship bunk in a publicity still for "Destination Moon."
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"Destination Moon" scene still with Tom Powers, Warner Anderson, John Archer, and Dick Wesson.

Date: 1950
Description: Counter-clockwise, the actors Warner Anderson, Tom Powers, John Archer, and Dick Wesson (playing the harmonica) are in the control room of a spaceship. Arc...
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Warner Anderson in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Actor Warner Anderson struggles with his spacesuit in a spaceship's airlock in a scene still for "Destination Moon."
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An astronaut in a "Destination Moon" publicity still.

Date: 1950
Description: An astronaut walking along the hull of a spaceship has become unclipped from his safety rope in a publicity still for "Destination Moon."
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Warner Anderson in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Actor Warner Anderson is strapped to a bunk in a spaceship in a scene still for "Destination Moon."
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Dick Wesson in a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Actor Dick Wesson stands in a spaceship playing a harmonica in a scene still for "Destination Moon."
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Three astronauts in a production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: An astronaut uses gas from a tank to propel himself back to the spaceship as two other astronauts look on. (Cables used to "fly" the actors can be seen as ...
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Spacewalking astronaut scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: An astronaut walking on the hull of a spaceship has become untethered from his safety line. The knees of the technician operating the prop safety line can ...
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Three astronauts in a production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Three actors in astronaut costumes stand on a scaffold in a production still for "Destination Moon." A camera on a crane is behind them, and a microphone o...
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"Destination Moon" scene still with astronaut standing on the tail of a spaceship.

Date: 1950
Description: An astronaut stands on the tail of a spaceship holding a safety line in his hand.
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Untethered astronaut on spaceship hull, a scene still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: Standing at the extreme tail end of a spaceship, near the rocket's exhaust, an astronaut bends down. His disconnected safety line floats behind him.
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Two astronauts suspended by wires in a production still for "Destination Moon."

Date: 1950
Description: In this production still for "Destination Moon," two astronauts are suspended on wires. One holds a large gas canister. The other is grabbing the first. An...

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