Cold War Gallery

American politician. Senator McCarthy (right) and aide Francis Carr (left) during the Army-McCarthy hearings. The Army accused McCarthy and staff of seeking special treatment for Private G. David Schine, a chief consultant to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations while searching for Communists. 29 April 1954

JOSEPH MCCARTHY (1908-1957).
American politician. Senator McCarthy (right) and aide Francis Carr (left) during the Army-McCarthy hearings. The Army accused McCarthy and staff of seeking special treatment for Private G. David Schine, a chief consultant to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations while searching for Communists. 29 April 1954

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German physicist and rocket scientist. Oberth with officials of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama, 1956. Left to right: Dr. Ernst Stublinger (seated); Major General H.N. Toftoy, Commanding Officer; Dr. Eberhard Reed; and Wernher von Braun

HERMANN OBERTH (1894-1989).
German physicist and rocket scientist. Oberth with officials of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama, 1956. Left to right: Dr. Ernst Stublinger (seated); Major General H.N. Toftoy, Commanding Officer; Dr. Eberhard Reed; and Wernher von Braun

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View of the Mission Operations Control Room at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, on the third day of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. On the television monitor is a picture of the earth telecast from the spacecraft. Photograph, 23 December 1968

APOLLO 8: MISSION CONTROL.
View of the Mission Operations Control Room at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, on the third day of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. On the television monitor is a picture of the earth telecast from the spacecraft. Photograph, 23 December 1968

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