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Meeting the moonwalkers & other friends

Richard, the astronauts, various key NASA staff, and other fun friends

Richard has undertaken a number of events and adventures in order to meet the humans who have been to space, and set foot on the moon. Some of these images capture those events.

AT 001 Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter and Richard London 2007
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AT 001 Mercury Astronaut Scott Carpenter and Richard London 2007

AT 011 Russian Astronaut Alexei Leonov, first man to spacewalk, Richard's daughter Emily (right) and friend Izzy, Birmingham, 2008
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AT 011 Russian Astronaut Alexei Leonov, first man to spacewalk, Richard's daughter Emily (right) and friend Izzy, Birmingham, 2008

AT 014 Russian Astronaut Alexei Leonov, the first man to Spacewalk, Richard & daughter Emily, Birmingham, 2008
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AT 014 Russian Astronaut Alexei Leonov, the first man to Spacewalk, Richard & daughter Emily, Birmingham, 2008

AT 021 Apollo 8 & 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell with Richard's cheeky son James 5, London, 2008
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AT 021 Apollo 8 & 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell with Richard's cheeky son James 5, London, 2008

AT 022 Apollo 8 & 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell with Richard and his son James, London, 2008
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AT 022 Apollo 8 & 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell with Richard and his son James, London, 2008

AT 025 Apollo 8 & 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell with Richard's younger son James, London, 2008
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AT 025 Apollo 8 & 13 Astronaut Jim Lovell with Richard's younger son James, London, 2008

AT 026 Apollo 8, 9, 13 & 15 Astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Lovell - and Richard, London, 2008
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AT 026 Apollo 8, 9, 13 & 15 Astronauts Dave Scott and Jim Lovell - and Richard, London, 2008

AT 016 Apollo 9 commander Jim McDivitt, with Richard and son Charles and daughter Emily, Birmingham, 2008
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AT 016 Apollo 9 commander Jim McDivitt, with Richard and son Charles and daughter Emily, Birmingham, 2008

AT 012 Apollo 9 and 15 Astronaut Dave Scott, the first man to drive on The Moon, Emily and Dave's wife, London, 2018
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AT 012 Apollo 9 and 15 Astronaut Dave Scott, the first man to drive on The Moon, Emily and Dave's wife, London, 2018

AT 015 Apollo 9 & 15, Astronaut Dave Scott, first man to drive on The Moon with, Richard, Birmingham, 2008
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AT 015 Apollo 9 & 15, Astronaut Dave Scott, first man to drive on The Moon with, Richard, Birmingham, 2008

AT 032 Apollo 10 Astronaut Tom Stafford, Commander of Apollo 10, with Richard, Birmingham, 2009
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AT 032 Apollo 10 Astronaut Tom Stafford, Commander of Apollo 10, with Richard, Birmingham, 2009

AT 020 Apollo 10 & 17 Astronaut Gene Cernan, the 11th and then the last man to walk on The Moon, Richard, Birmingham, 2008
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AT 020 Apollo 10 & 17 Astronaut Gene Cernan, the 11th and then the last man to walk on The Moon, Richard, Birmingham, 2008

AT 056 Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong with Richard and elder son Charles, SS Great Britain Museum, Bristol, 2010 (1)
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AT 056 Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong with Richard and elder son Charles, SS Great Britain Museum, Bristol, 2010 (1)

AT 057 Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong with Richard and elder son Charles SS Great Britain car park, Bristol, 2010
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AT 057 Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong with Richard and elder son Charles SS Great Britain car park, Bristol, 2010

AT 060 Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong at The Bloodhound SSC Build Centre, Bristol, 2010 (2)
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AT 060 Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong at The Bloodhound SSC Build Centre, Bristol, 2010 (2)

AT 061 Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong visited this, The Bloodhound Super Sonic Car Project, Bristol with Richard and son Charles, 28th November, 2010 (1)
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AT 061 Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong visited this, The Bloodhound Super Sonic Car Project, Bristol with Richard and son Charles, 28th November, 2010 (1)

AT 013 Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong talking with Richard at Bloodhound SSC, Bristol, 28th November 2010
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AT 013 Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong talking with Richard at Bloodhound SSC, Bristol, 28th November 2010

AT 002 Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Richard and Rob, London, 2007 - Richard asking Buzz which type of pen he used to activate the ascent engine on The LM
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AT 002 Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Richard and Rob, London, 2007 - Richard asking Buzz which type of pen he used to activate the ascent engine on The LM

AT 003 Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Richard and Rob, London, 2007 - Buzz explaining which type of pen he used - Buzz on The Moon in the background!
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AT 003 Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Richard and Rob, London, 2007 - Buzz explaining which type of pen he used - Buzz on The Moon in the background!

AT 007 Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Richard and his father-in-law Graham and friend Adam, London, 2007
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AT 007 Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, Richard and his father-in-law Graham and friend Adam, London, 2007

AT 006 Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin, the 2nd man to walk on The Moon, with Richard and elder son Charles, London, 2007
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AT 006 Apollo 11 Buzz Aldrin, the 2nd man to walk on The Moon, with Richard and elder son Charles, London, 2007

AT 050 Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin with Richard's younger son James, London 2010
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AT 050 Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin with Richard's younger son James, London 2010

AT 004 Apollo 12 Astronaut Al Bean, the 4th man to walk on The Moon, and Richard, London, 2007
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AT 004 Apollo 12 Astronaut Al Bean, the 4th man to walk on The Moon, and Richard, London, 2007

AT 051 Apollo 12 Astronaut Al Bean with Richard's younger son James, London, 2010
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AT 051 Apollo 12 Astronaut Al Bean with Richard's younger son James, London, 2010

AT 037 Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise with Richard, London, 2010
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AT 037 Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise with Richard, London, 2010

AT 029 Shuttle Astronaut Bruce McCandless STS 31 & 41, first human to complete an untethered space walk, with Richard, London, 2008
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AT 029 Shuttle Astronaut Bruce McCandless STS 31 & 41, first human to complete an untethered space walk, with Richard, London, 2008

AT 055 Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell and Richard having dinner, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 2010
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AT 055 Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell and Richard having dinner, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 2010

AT 053 Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell getting into Richard's Hire Car, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 2010
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AT 053 Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell getting into Richard's Hire Car, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 2010

AT 054 Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell getting into Richard's Hire Car, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 2010
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AT 054 Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell getting into Richard's Hire Car, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, 2010

AT 048 Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell with Richard's younger son James, London, 2010
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AT 048 Apollo 14 Astronaut Dr. Edgar Mitchell with Richard's younger son James, London, 2010

AT 023 Apollo 9 & 15 Dave Scott, James asking 'How fast did you drive on The Moon' London, 2008
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AT 023 Apollo 9 & 15 Dave Scott, James asking 'How fast did you drive on The Moon' London, 2008

AT 024 Apollo 9 & 15 Astronaut Dave Scott - the answer 'Seven miles an hour young man', London, 2008
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AT 024 Apollo 9 & 15 Astronaut Dave Scott - the answer 'Seven miles an hour young man', London, 2008

AT 008 Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden Moon Traveler, with Richard, London, 2007
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AT 008 Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden Moon Traveler, with Richard, London, 2007

AT 033 Apollo 9 & 15, Astronaut Dave Scott asking Richard all about Bloodhound SSC, Birmingham, 2009
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AT 033 Apollo 9 & 15, Astronaut Dave Scott asking Richard all about Bloodhound SSC, Birmingham, 2009

AT 034 Apollo 9 & 15, Astronaut Dave Scott, truly intrigued with Bloodhound SSC, with Richard, Birmingham, 2009
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AT 034 Apollo 9 & 15, Astronaut Dave Scott, truly intrigued with Bloodhound SSC, with Richard, Birmingham, 2009

AT 036 Apollo 9 & 15 Astronaut Dave Scott with Richard and elder son Charles, Birmingham, 2009
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AT 036 Apollo 9 & 15 Astronaut Dave Scott with Richard and elder son Charles, Birmingham, 2009

AT 035 Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden telling Richard a story, Birmingham, 2009
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AT 035 Apollo 15 Astronaut Al Worden telling Richard a story, Birmingham, 2009

AT 047 Apollo 16 Astronaut Charlie Duke having a chat with Richard, 12 midnight in a Bar, Birmingham, 2010
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AT 047 Apollo 16 Astronaut Charlie Duke having a chat with Richard, 12 midnight in a Bar, Birmingham, 2010

AT 005 Apollo 17 Astronaut Gene Cernan, the 11th man, and the last man, to walk on The Moon, with Richard, London, 2007
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AT 005 Apollo 17 Astronaut Gene Cernan, the 11th man, and the last man, to walk on The Moon, with Richard, London, 2007

AT 046 Apollo 17 Astronaut Charlie Duke, Dr. Ken MacTaggart, Richard and younger son James, Birmingham, 2010
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AT 046 Apollo 17 Astronaut Charlie Duke, Dr. Ken MacTaggart, Richard and younger son James, Birmingham, 2010

AT 049 Apollo 10 & 17 Astronaut Gene Cernan with Richard and younger son James, London, 2010
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AT 049 Apollo 10 & 17 Astronaut Gene Cernan with Richard and younger son James, London, 2010

AT 044 Apollo-Soyuz Astronaut Vance Brand with Richard, London, 2010
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AT 044 Apollo-Soyuz Astronaut Vance Brand with Richard, London, 2010

AT 039 Apollo 12 Flight Director Gerry Griffin, Carol Ashby 007 Girl, Octopussy and A View to a Kill, with Richard, London, 2010
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AT 039 Apollo 12 Flight Director Gerry Griffin, Carol Ashby 007 Girl, Octopussy and A View to a Kill, with Richard, London, 2010

AT 040 Apollo 12 Flight Director Gerry Griffin, Carole Ashby 007 and Richard, London, 2010
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AT 040 Apollo 12 Flight Director Gerry Griffin, Carole Ashby 007 and Richard, London, 2010

AT 043 Apollo 12 Flight Director Gerry Griffin and Richard's elder so Charles, London, 2010
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AT 043 Apollo 12 Flight Director Gerry Griffin and Richard's elder so Charles, London, 2010

AT 009 Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin with 3 Oompa Loompas, Charles and Adam, London, 20007
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AT 009 Apollo 11 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin with 3 Oompa Loompas, Charles and Adam, London, 20007

AT 041 Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise, Carol Ashby 007 Bond Girl and Richard, London, 2010 (1) (1)
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AT 041 Apollo 13 Astronaut Fred Haise, Carol Ashby 007 Bond Girl and Richard, London, 2010 (1) (1)