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heng44 | Thirty-eight years ago this month: the launch of Apollo-7 is seen from the south in this great view, tracked down by Joel Powell. In the foreground are the launch pads for the Atlas rockets. Ed Hengeveld |
mensax | ahhh yes, the city of Cape Kennedy with all her skyscrapers... some of which were prone to leaving the Earth. Great photo Ed. Thanks for sharing. Noah |
Ken Havekotte | Ed--One of my favorite Apollo 7 launch photos that Koppel made into a postcard image for NASA Tours at Kennedy Space Center. You can clearly see one of the old Atlas-Centaur pads (#36) in the foreground with Complex 11 alongside it to the north. |
capoetc | Man, that is a great shot! Thanks for posting these ... I really enjoy seeing a new one each week. ------------------ John Capobianco Camden DE |
art540 | Actually we are seeing LC-13 in the foreground - gantry and umbilical tower are not LC-36A. The other pad is LC-14. LC-11 never had the upper levels extended for multistage Atlases.Art |
spacecraft films | Great shot, Ed! I got some film in this week for our "Cape" set. Great construction footage of 14, 19, 34, 37 and 39. I also got in aerials from 1958 and several years in the 60's. Cool stuff. Can't wait to work with it when my current backlog of stuff is done! (X-15 and Apollo 11)... Mark |
rjurek349 | Ed - great shot! Once again, an amazing photo. Have you ever thought of starting a website, like the Astronomy Photo of the Day folks? You'd be a google-UTube-net mogul in a heart beat. Rich |
art540 | Put me down as a "Cape" set buyer when it comes out........... |
hlbjr | Mark, I cannot wait for the "Cape" DVD's to be completed. Your Liftoff series just wetted my appetite. Glad to hear you're making progress by taking delivery of the films. [Edited by hlbjr (October 21, 2006).] |
icarkie | Great photo as always Ed. Ian |
Astro Bill | This is another photo that would make a great poster. |
star61 | I went to the STS26 launch with Joel and another friend Lee. How is Joel these days? Phil |
heng44 | Joel is pretty active these days. He has just published a very nice book with Art LeBrun: 'GO for launch - An illustrated history of Cape Canaverval', published by Apogee. Highly recommended. Ed |
star61 | Good to hear. I'll look out for that book. Thanks. phil |