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Topic: 2009 Ascans ("Chumps") official portraits
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Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-10-2009 12:16 PM
   
NASA's official portraits of its 2009 astronaut candidate class (including JAXA and CSA candidates) have now been released. The following 14 ascans, nicknamed the "Chumps", have their official portraits.
Click on thumbnails or photo number for high resolution: |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-21-2010 04:32 PM
Class photo via source, not yet available in higher resolution. |
Playalinda
Member Posts: 152
From: Peoria, AZ, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 01-21-2010 04:59 PM
Incredible portraits. I viewed those on my 42" HDTV via VGA cable and they are indeed poster size. I can see the pics partial and move around to see, for instance, the name tags. You can see any skin imperfections. Amazing! |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 01-21-2010 05:47 PM
It's interesting to see that they are all facing the same direction in their individual portraits, with the exception of Kate Rubins. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 01-21-2010 05:59 PM
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Originally posted by mjanovec:
It's interesting to see that they are all facing the same direction in their individual portraits, with the exception of Kate Rubins.
Probably why it took so long to get approved.  |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 977
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-21-2010 05:59 PM
I hope they crop out the cover over the front bench. Looks extremely messy on the ground. |
space4u
Member Posts: 323
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 01-21-2010 07:14 PM
Rats! NASA still doesn't have new ascan official photo in biographies for Kate Rubins and two others! Argghh... |
Leon Ford
Member Posts: 309
From: Shreveport, LA, United States
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-21-2010 07:46 PM
Such a great looking group. Do you think any of them will ever get a chance to fly? |
space4u
Member Posts: 323
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 01-21-2010 08:27 PM
They may make it to the ISS on a Soyuz -- but that's it for now it seems... |
carmelo
Member Posts: 1047
From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 01-22-2010 07:01 AM
Same fate of Group 6 (The Excess Eleven) I have fear. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 01-22-2010 09:28 AM
Most of these people could easily be around for the next 25 years. That's 2035; a lot can and will happen between now and then, I'm sure.A NASA official, (Duane Ross?), said this group will likely revert to the pre-Shuttle status of having flown one or two missions by the time they call it a career, like the average Mercury/Gemini/Apollo era astronaut. I doubt any of them will beat the record of Franklin Chang-Diaz and Jerry Ross, nor would I believe any of them expects to. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-28-2010 11:10 AM
Here is the class photo as pictured above (JSC2009E215201) in high resolution. |
space4u
Member Posts: 323
From: Cleveland, OH USA
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 01-29-2010 07:07 PM
Yea Kate Rubins official bio now has her new photo! |
SPACEFACTS
Member Posts: 301
From: Germany
Registered: Aug 2006
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posted 02-24-2010 12:41 PM
Will there be a group patch? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 02-24-2010 03:34 PM
Yes, the patch is designed and going through the approval process through NASA. According to one of the class members, it will make its debut when they graduate from basic training. |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1587
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 04-21-2010 11:35 PM
I wonder how many of them will actually fly. |
Robonaut
Member Posts: 259
From: Solihull, West Mids, England
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-22-2010 12:23 PM
US astronauts have about 4 to 5 slots a year available on ISS. According to the latest plan ISS will continue until 2020 but I do not think anyone thinks that will be the end of it. As long as the members of the latest group have patience they will get to fly.I doubt if there will be anything else available for US astronauts in the next 10 years or so. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 04-22-2010 02:11 PM
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Originally posted by Fra Mauro:
I wonder how many of them will actually fly.
They will just get to run around in the cool blue suits and call themselves "astronauts". |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 04-22-2010 04:37 PM
There will be plenty of opportunities for them to fly on an ISS expedition. The question is more "How many of them will fly more than once?" |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 04-22-2010 05:53 PM
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Originally posted by tegwilym:
They will just get to run around in the cool blue suits and call themselves "astronauts".
No different from the Peacocks class. I asked Marshburn about that back when he finished training and became part of the astronaut pool and he said NASA made no promises that any of the 2004 class were likely to get a flight at all and certainly not on shuttle. He said even with the uncertainty, they all jumped at the chance. As it stands now though, all the Peacocks have gotten to fly or are scheduled and they are flying shuttle and ISS missions. The reason is a lot of the older members of the astronaut pool have retired and moved on to other things. I see it no different with the Chumps. Shuttle won't be around, but they have pretty much all signed on to be ISS astronauts. Given the shuttle's retirement and the uncertainty of NASA after shuttle, I sense that a few other members of the astronaut corps will be moving on unless they are already in training cycles for missions right now. As such, some or all of the Chumps will likely fly sooner then anyone thinks. |
MSS
Member Posts: 633
From: Poland
Registered: May 2003
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posted 06-27-2011 04:36 PM
Has anyone seen the official NASA's ascan 2009 litho as from this link? Thanks for assistance. |
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