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title: Astronaut Walks in Space poster, 65-363 (wordless poster distributed in Beirut)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/astronaut-walks-in-space-65-363-beirut-1965/
description: 'A wordless photo sheet of a U.S. spacewalk: a rocket marked ''UNITED STATES'' lifting off at left, a large view of an astronaut with a U.S. flag patch'
section: Collection
---

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[![Astronaut Walks in Space poster, 65-363, 1965 US poster: A wordless photo sheet of a U.S. spacewalk](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/astronaut-walks-in-space-65-363-beirut-1965.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/astronaut-walks-in-space-65-363-beirut-1965.jpg)

# Astronaut Walks in Space poster, 65-363 (wordless poster distributed in Beirut)

A wordless photo sheet of a U.S. spacewalk: a rocket marked 'UNITED STATES' lifting off at left, a large view of an astronaut with a U.S. flag patch floating above Earth at upper right, and three smaller views of the walk below. The tell for transfer is the attachment of the spectacle and prestige of the space feat to the United States, signalled by the rocket lettering and the flag patch, with no explanatory text.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
UNITED STATES
```

Only printed text is the vertical lettering on the rocket in the photograph; the poster has no caption.

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