Space: Man Is Moon-Rated

Like any round-the-world travelers, Gemini 5 Astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad took some pictures to show the folks back home. The first photos released last week made a spectacular space travelogue, exceptionally clear and well-defined. From more than 150 miles up, the astronauts were able to get detailed shots of the launch pads at Cape Kennedy, the sharp relief of mountains and deserts, and incredible sights of underwater coral reefs (see color pages). The more than 1,000 pictures that they took with four cameras* demonstrated anew the potential of space photography...

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