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Topic: Apollo crew walkout (to launch) imagery
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LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 12-10-2023 01:29 AM
  
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Originally posted by LM-12:
Apollo 17 crew walkout photo for the CDDT on Nov. 21, 1972.
Here is a film clip of the Apollo 17 crew walkout for the CDDT. There is a brief overhead shot of the crew leaving the transfer van at the pad. You also see Ron Evans sitting down in the elevator at the 320-foot level waiting for his turn to enter the White Room. |
LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-09-2024 03:11 PM
When was this Apollo 8 crew walkout photo taken? The caption has a date of 1968-12-21, but that can't be right. Also, it can't be the October 23 walkout, because the crew was not wearing the Apollo 8 patch in those photos.  |
LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-10-2024 06:52 AM
The CDDT was on December 11. That might be it. |
NavyPilot
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From: USA
Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 06-10-2024 07:59 AM
Launch day was 12-21-68 and their patches are on their PGAs, so it all makes sense that this is in fact launch day transfer. Is there something else that's not lining up? |
Ben
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From: United States
Registered: May 2000
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posted 06-10-2024 08:09 AM
Launch day walkout for Apollo 8 was at night. |
LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-10-2024 08:14 AM
This is a photo of the crew walkout on launch day. |
Jay
Member Posts: 84
From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 06-10-2024 08:31 AM
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Originally posted by LM-12:
The CDDT was on December 11. That might be it.
December 11 is correct. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 4119
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 06-10-2024 01:22 PM
Okay, thanks. I could not find that colour photo anywhere else. |
Jay
Member Posts: 84
From: Bloomington, Illinois, USA
Registered: May 2005
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posted 08-28-2024 09:51 AM
Has anyone ever seen a color image, or footage of the Apollo 7 crew walkout taken on launch day? There are plenty of examples from the CDDT, but I am looking for something from launch day.Editor's note: Threads merged. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 4119
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 05-06-2025 03:29 PM
Chapter 20 in "Moonshot" describes the launch day for Apollo 14. On pages 277-78, it seems to be saying that Deke Slayton was there when the astronauts left the transfer van at the pad, and that he watched from the base of the launch pad as the crew crossed the swingarm to the White Room. Or did I misinterpret this?Was Slayton at the pad? I have never seen a photo showing him there that morning. Did he go to the pad before going to the Launch Control Center?  |
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