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![Psychiatrist: NASA Astronauts Largely Free of Self-Doubt](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_f254309c918341ff9e64adc453a4b67a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_f254309c918341ff9e64adc453a4b67a~mv2.webp)
Psychiatrist: NASA Astronauts Largely Free of Self-Doubt
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![Nov. 21, 1962 - JFK: Landing on Moon before Soviets "Our Top Priority"](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/D39-X97MBXs/maxresdefault.jpg)
Nov. 21, 1962 - JFK: Landing on Moon before Soviets "Our Top Priority"
![Warrant Issued for Astronaut Grissom](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_034c8ef47fca4e5881dea56ebe09d0a1~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_034c8ef47fca4e5881dea56ebe09d0a1~mv2.webp)
Warrant Issued for Astronaut Grissom
![Major Cooper Named for Next Mercury Flight](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_c106dfb49c1d4c20a2c23cb33a3a7f8e~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_c106dfb49c1d4c20a2c23cb33a3a7f8e~mv2.webp)
Major Cooper Named for Next Mercury Flight
![First U.S. Space Chimp is Dead](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_24bda325eafe4a5ea661f29689ee86ce~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_24bda325eafe4a5ea661f29689ee86ce~mv2.webp)
First U.S. Space Chimp is Dead
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![Astronaut Schirra Visits President Kennedy](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_08811cb5f1024119b4b481419cb549bd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_08811cb5f1024119b4b481419cb549bd~mv2.webp)
Astronaut Schirra Visits President Kennedy
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![Oct. 15, 1962 - Homecoming Celebration for NASA Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TKIodWFTz-4/maxresdefault.jpg)
Oct. 15, 1962 - Homecoming Celebration for NASA Astronaut Walter M. Schirra Jr.
![NASA: Gordon or Shepard to Make Next Orbital Flight](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_d76f0cb2feb84251b506406fa72fe7ea~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_d76f0cb2feb84251b506406fa72fe7ea~mv2.webp)
NASA: Gordon or Shepard to Make Next Orbital Flight
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![🚨Schirra Flies Six Orbits, Returns Safely](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_c41e92c723ed4f9191726acb10e89ea6~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_c41e92c723ed4f9191726acb10e89ea6~mv2.webp)
🚨Schirra Flies Six Orbits, Returns Safely
![Congress Endorses Force, if Necessary, on Cuba](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_9625928a794845f3afb749e2b04c7003~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_9625928a794845f3afb749e2b04c7003~mv2.webp)
Congress Endorses Force, if Necessary, on Cuba
![Senate Passes Administration’s Foreign Trade Bill in Major Victory for President](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_c2c51bae7c5a429d942d067990b92e3f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_c2c51bae7c5a429d942d067990b92e3f~mv2.webp)
Senate Passes Administration’s Foreign Trade Bill in Major Victory for President
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![(VIDEO) John Glenn Documentary](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tO2vLPat0DM/maxresdefault.jpg)
(VIDEO) John Glenn Documentary
![Nine New Astronauts Introduced in Houston](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_932884d2976841cb9e81c6b712a8f296~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_932884d2976841cb9e81c6b712a8f296~mv2.webp)
Nine New Astronauts Introduced in Houston
![Armstrong One of Nine New Astronauts Picked by NASA](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_1e3423a320924edca6a42551809c6320~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_1e3423a320924edca6a42551809c6320~mv2.webp)
Armstrong One of Nine New Astronauts Picked by NASA
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![Sept. 12, 1962 - JFK Remarks in St. Louis](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BOcYZ7hRrhA/maxresdefault.jpg)
Sept. 12, 1962 - JFK Remarks in St. Louis
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![Sept. 12, 1962 - JFK Remarks at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DnFhKWjGxz0/maxresdefault.jpg)
Sept. 12, 1962 - JFK Remarks at NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston
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![JFK Speaks at Rice University](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_794fbef2e40a4c158715fe648e703eea~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_794fbef2e40a4c158715fe648e703eea~mv2.webp)
JFK Speaks at Rice University
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![Huge Crowd Greets President in Houston](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_753d70cd8e2c46ed9a4feac099436fd0~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_753d70cd8e2c46ed9a4feac099436fd0~mv2.webp)
Huge Crowd Greets President in Houston
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![Aug. 31, 1962 - JFK Remarks Upon Signing the Satellite Act](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IqQHFBJkt5g/maxresdefault.jpg)
Aug. 31, 1962 - JFK Remarks Upon Signing the Satellite Act
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![Gagarin Says Moon Trip Will Be “Group Effort”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_c7b4e1afa08b41e49c65fa8a9a2b1a83~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_c7b4e1afa08b41e49c65fa8a9a2b1a83~mv2.webp)
Gagarin Says Moon Trip Will Be “Group Effort”