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posted 04-26-2020 06:36 AM               

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I have seen one or two grainy still images from in flight tv and 16mm movie that show Beep Beep patches with Apollo 14's Stu Roosa, and Al Shepard's EVA backpack respectively. But I've never seen any period quality stills of any of the crew with the infamous back up patch in flight or post.

Ed Mitchell and Gene Cernan in recent times posed for provenance pictures but I was wondering whether any members had contemporaneous stills?

My "Go To" still expert Ed Hengeveld has drawn a blank so I am under no illusions that this might be a tall order but here's hoping.

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posted 01-24-2021 08:02 AM               

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I've just watched an excellent video entitled Apollo 14 Remastered. For just a second or so, there is a bright clear still of an Apollo 14 crew patch stuck to the bulkhead adjacent to the navigational sextant. I'm guessing the image was captured by a 16 movie camera.

But good clear stills of the Beep Beep patch are few and far between. I’ve only seen images captured from onboard tv broadcasts or a pretty poor movie still on the lunar surface.

Has any member ever come across a good clear still of the Beep Beep patch inflight: a still good enough to support reproduction as a 10x8 print?

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