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heng44
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From: Netherlands
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posted 05-14-2021 01:29 PM

Astronauts C.C. Williams (left) and Gene Cernan wait for launch of SA-9. The eighth Saturn I vehicle was launched February 16, 1965, at 9:37 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 37B at Cape Kennedy, Fla. The 18-story high rocket orbited the first Pegasus meteoroid detection satellite. The eighth vehicle to be flown, SA-9, was launched out of sequence before SA-8 because its assembly and ground testing were completed earlier.

Kite
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From: Northampton UK
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posted 05-14-2021 01:58 PM

Quite rare to see a photo of C.C. Williams who would almost certainly have walked on the Moon with Apollo 12 had he not had his fatal air crash. The reason he only just made the height restriction on his application shows as he looks tall against Cernan. Thanks Ed for showing.

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