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Topic: Launch Control Center window segments
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Chuckster01
Member Posts: 950
From: Orlando, FL
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 04-24-2020 06:09 PM
   
I have come across a 2x2" section of window glass from firing room #4 that was given to a member of the Apollo LCC team. I am trying to research it and I can find nothing.This is an ultra cool piece being almost 3/4" thick and showing the many layers of the blast resistant glass used at the LCC. It has a card taped to it the says "This piece of firing room 4 glass is your piece of the Launch Control Center. Thanks for all your support!" Has anyone else come across one and if so any idea how many may have been made or given out? |
Ken Havekotte
Member Posts: 2996
From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 04-24-2020 09:19 PM
Yes, Chuck, I have one as well that I got as a gift from a NASA group at the LCC when I made a patch for their team (NASA Shuttle Operations at KSC). I did have an extra, but gave it away some time ago. Mine is a 4x4" square cut about 3/4" thick with the same 2x3.5" printed card on one side with a picture of the LCC. Off hand, Chuck, from what I can recall, they are not that common. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 43658
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-24-2020 09:45 PM
In 2009, NASA replaced the original windows and louvers in all four firing rooms and the vestibules between the rooms with new, hurricane-rated window systems. Some of the old glass was set aside and later cut into squares for presentation to members of the launch control team.I also have a 2-by-2-inch square of window glass from Firing Room 1 that was mounted to a 9-by-12-inch wooden plaque and presented with an etched blue and brass plate that reads in part, "This piece of an original Firing Room 1 window is presented to Ollie Wall in grateful recognition for your dedication and team spirit as a member of the shuttle launch team." The plaque was among the set created for and presented by shuttle test directors Al Sofge and Mike Leinbach at the end of the space shuttle program.  | |
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