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Topic: Favorite space exploration photographs
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em8g16
Member Posts: 21
From: Spain
Registered: Dec 2017
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posted 04-11-2018 10:55 AM
   
I would like to know everyone's favourite photographs, they can be from the early space program or more recent ones. There can also be from any space agency. I thought it would be nice to discover some of these incredible photographs.One of my favourite ones has to be this one:  |
Headshot
Member Posts: 864
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 04-11-2018 02:14 PM
That Gemini 7/6 images has always been my favorite as well. It is a graphic image of our ability to turn a set-back into a bold step forward. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 04-11-2018 02:41 PM
My "top ten" would be: - Earthrise taken at the moon by Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders
- Buzz Aldrin full frontal photo on the moon's surface
- Ed White EVA taken by Jim McDivitt
- STS-1 launch
- Bruce McCandless MMU EVA on STS-41B
- Color photo panorama of Mars surface returned by Viking, showing lander.
- Volcano plumes on Io taken by Voyager
- First photo of surface of another planet (Venus) sent back by Venera 9
- Photo of Halley's Comet taken by ESA Giotto probe
- "Hubble Deep Field" photo taken of 100+ galaxies by HST
I realize there may be various images for each, so forgive me if I don't upload the particular photo — you may know which one.  |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 04-11-2018 03:52 PM
Definitely Dave Scott stand up EVA in Gumdrop. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 04-11-2018 04:51 PM
John Young's Apollo XVI jump salute. |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 04-11-2018 04:56 PM
Apollo 15 with the rover and the rille in the background, any of these. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2031
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 04-11-2018 05:17 PM
Agree entirely with the list of ten top photos, to which I would add the following: - John Glenn being inserted into Friendship 7
- Tom Stafford's "Angry Alligator" on Gemini 9A
- Dave Scott's "Fallen Astronauts" photo
- Discovery's STS-114 pitch maneuver at ISS
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SkyMan1958
Member Posts: 867
From: CA.
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 04-11-2018 11:45 PM
All good choices mentioned above. Here are a few others that spring to mind... - Dick Gordon riding like a cowboy astride the docked Agena during GT-11.
- A launch picture taken during Apollo 11 that shows the American flag in the foreground with the Saturn V in the background accelerating though the sound barrier so you see the shock waves.
- The Eagle ascent stage returning to dock with Columbia with the Earth in the background.
- An Apollo 14 panorama looking at LM Antares with the sun just peaking over the 11 o'clock "shoulder" of Antares.
- An Apollo 16 image, AS16-113-18289HR, of the CSM taken from a distance, showing both the CSM above the Moon's surface with a relatively small Earth in the background, giving some idea of the true scale of the endeavor of Apollo going to the Moon.
- The shot of the Skylab space station taken by the departing Skylab 4 crew, that is "The" commonly shown picture of the Skylab space station.
- The picture of Dale Gardner EVAing in an MMU with a "Stinger" attempting to capture a satellite on STS-51A.
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SpaceCadet1983
Member Posts: 227
From: United States
Registered: May 2012
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posted 04-12-2018 02:29 AM
I agree with all the suggestions above. I would include the picture of the Apollo 9 LM "Spider" in earth orbit and the picture of Neil Armstrong in the LM after his moon walk. The expression on his face is priceless: a combination of joy and relief.
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spaceheaded
Member Posts: 147
From: MD
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 04-12-2018 07:42 AM
For me, a new favorite every week, courtesy of Ed Hengeveld.  |
uk spacefan
Member Posts: 168
From: London
Registered: Jan 2007
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posted 04-12-2018 09:23 AM
The image taken of Apollo 13's service module following its jettison into space, and showing the damage from the explosion is very poignant. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3207
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 04-12-2018 09:37 AM
Cernan unveiling the Apollo 17 plaque at the LM ladder on EVA-3. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3386
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 04-14-2018 01:44 PM
quote:
Originally posted by spaceheaded:
For me, a new favorite every week, courtesy of Ed Hengeveld.
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dss65
Member Posts: 1156
From: Sandpoint, ID, USA
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 04-15-2018 06:07 PM
Pete Conrad with Surveyor 3. |
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