Images Dated 3rd February 2006

Apollo 17 astronaut

Apollo 17 astronaut. US astronaut and geologist Dr Harrison Schmitt exploring the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon, as part of NASA's Apollo 17 mission. He landed on the Moon on 11 December 1972, with mission commander Eugene Cernan. They spent 75 hours on the surface. Ron Evans remained in orbit in the command module. Dr Schmitt is the only scientist to have landed on the Moon. Apollo 17 was the last Apollo mission, and Schmitt and Cernan are the last people to have walked on the Moon. A total of 12 US astronauts walked on the Moon during the eleven manned Apollo missions, from 1968-1972

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English emigrants leave for Australia 1955 on the free and assisted passage scheme

English emigrants leave for Australia 1955 on the free and assisted passage scheme.
Mr and Mrs John Kemp from Gravesend, Kent who are going to Queensland with their two boys and two girls aged 9, 7, 3 and 1 1/2 at St Pancras Station, London bound fro the Strathaird leaving England today 18th April 1955

© 2005 TopFoto

Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. Artist: Richard Caton Woodville II

Battle of Majuba Hill, 1st Boer War, 26-27 February 1881. British troops under Major-General George Colley took Majuba Hill. The Boers counterattacked, taking the British by surprise. Colley was one of the 93 British soldiers killed. 133 British were wounded and the Boers took 58 prisoners. Drawing based on notes by eyewitnesses

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