1960 Press Photo Crown Prince Akihito shakes hands with Capt. L. Gordon Cooper.
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Crown Prince Akihito of Japan shakes hands with Air Force Capt L. Gordon Cooper, one of the United States' seven men being trained as astronauts, just before departing today from Langley Field, VA, after touring NASA Research Center. Cooper is donned in a pressure suit designed for space flight. In background are Koichiro Asakai, left, Japan's ambassador to the U.S., and Douglas MacArthur II, U.S. ambassador to Japan.
