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Topic: Photo of the week 692 (January 27, 2018)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-26-2018 11:49 AM
   
 Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee pose on the steps of the Apollo Mission Simulator at the Kennedy Space Center a week before the fatal fire at Pad 34. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 01-26-2018 02:07 PM
Very nice tribute to the crew, Ed. There are variations on the placement of the Apollo 1 crew patch, with some photos of the astronauts in training showing it on the shoulders and not the chest. Incidentally, the CM simulator behind them is presently in storage at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Garber facility. The optics and other components (but not the crew compartment) were used in the filming of the miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon." |
Wehaveliftoff
Member Posts: 2343
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Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 01-26-2018 03:40 PM
Beautiful crew photo, painful to stare at it for any length of time. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-26-2018 04:21 PM
R.I.P. |
dss65
Member Posts: 1156
From: Sandpoint, ID, USA
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 01-26-2018 06:55 PM
Three genuine heroes. A lot of memories. Such a loss. |
Panther494
Member Posts: 402
From: London UK
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 01-26-2018 07:17 PM
Excellent, thank you Ed. |
SkyMan1958
Member Posts: 867
From: CA.
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 01-26-2018 07:19 PM
I've always wondered about the "rippled" look of the outer shell of the helmets for Apollo 1. Does anyone know what the theory (or the hardware inside the helmet) behind this look was? Clearly by Apollo 7 the helmets had gone back to a smooth outer shell. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-26-2018 08:29 PM
Very similar pose to the Apollo 8 crew photo. |
oly
Member Posts: 905
From: Perth, Western Australia
Registered: Apr 2015
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posted 01-26-2018 09:39 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SkyMan1958:
I've always wondered about the "rippled" look of the outer shell of the helmets for Apollo 1.
My thought is that the visor cover would be made out of some kind of light weight plastic that needed the "ripples" to give it some strength. Post fire visor covers would be made out of a material that would be flame retardant and perhaps stronger. |
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