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Topic: Mercury-Redstone 3: 'No Handball Playing'
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chenry
Member Posts: 60
From: Zionsville, IN 46077
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 10-13-2010 07:03 AM
   
Before Alan Shepard's Mercury flight, John Glenn placed a sign in the spacecraft that said "No Handball Playing in this Area." It is depicted in "The Right Stuff," and a still shot is used in "From the Earth to the Moon." My question is if any photos exist of the real event, or even of the movie version? I ask as we are looking for a photo of this for the Grissom Air Museum. Thank you in advance. |
Gilbert
Member Posts: 1372
From: Carrollton, GA USA
Registered: Jan 2003
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posted 10-13-2010 12:47 PM
I'm pretty sure I remember this photo being in the juvenile book Americans into Orbit by Gene Gurney (I think), published in the early 60s. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 821
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 10-13-2010 08:06 PM
Apparently, Gilbert was wrong. I just looked through my copy of Americans into Orbit but didn't find that photo. |
J.L
Member Posts: 682
From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 10-13-2010 10:25 PM
I have a pretty extensive collection of MR-3 pre-launch images, none was found in my files. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3468
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-14-2010 12:18 AM
It was a scene that in my opinion was pretty hard to photograph. The card was on the instrument panel and Shepard saw it when he was settled in his couch. Then Glenn reached in and took the card off, according to what I read. Try making a good photo of that. I'm pretty sure such a photo does not exist... |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1999
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 10-14-2010 06:32 AM
Ed has a good point about a photo not being available of such a fast-changing scene.A painting, however... |
chenry
Member Posts: 60
From: Zionsville, IN 46077
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 10-14-2010 07:20 AM
Thanks guys. The amount of knowledge here is just amazing. Thanks! |
buckeyecal
Member Posts: 90
From: soon to be Boise, ID USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 10-14-2010 04:16 PM
If you go spaceraceartifacts.blogspot.com, scroll down a bit, you will find a picture of the actual "no handball" prop sign used in FTETTM...might want to contact them! |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1352
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 10-15-2010 07:02 AM
I heard of this story a few times over the years. While I'm sure it happened, I also never saw a photo of it. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1800
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 10-15-2010 09:59 AM
I doubt there was a photo taken. Who would have taken it? Shepard? He didn't have a camera on him. Glenn? I'm sure he wasn't carrying a camera, either and I'm sure he didn't hold it up for the whiteroom photographer to see with the seriousness of what went on in that room that morning. |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1352
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 10-16-2010 05:06 AM
I'm sure the sign was quickly tossed into the garbage. Now as for the crayons that Grissom handed Shepard? I like to know if they still in existence? |
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