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Topic: STS-132: Big League Mission [crew poster]
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-01-2010 10:14 AM
   
First look at the awesome STS-132 crew poster, shot on location at Minute Maid Park with the Houston Astros! |
NavySpaceFan
Member Posts: 655
From: Norfolk, VA
Registered: May 2007
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posted 03-01-2010 10:28 AM
Outstaning poster! I'd like a closer look at the ball caps they are wearing. |
music_space
Member Posts: 1179
From: Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 03-01-2010 10:36 AM
I wonder how weird it must feel to mimic baseball motions in a Launch and Entry suit! |
thump
Member Posts: 575
From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 03-01-2010 10:37 AM
Is that a cricket bat Sellers is holding in his "card"? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-01-2010 10:46 AM
Can you spot the astronauts in the audience? |
Sean Collins
Member Posts: 29
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 03-01-2010 10:51 AM
Yes that is a Cricket bat Piers is holding and yes the crew was very agile running the bases, swinging bats, and I have a video of Ken Ham and Garrett Reisman playing catch with a ball I found in the stands... Look at the guy sitting next to the mascot, that is Dennis the Junction Jack Mascot. I added him in PhotoShop so he is beside himself. I added the owner of Astros next to me as well as myself and the photographer to the crowd as well... got to love that Photoshop. |
NavySpaceFan
Member Posts: 655
From: Norfolk, VA
Registered: May 2007
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posted 03-01-2010 10:59 AM
Sean, what are the ball caps they are wearing in the baseball cards along the top? |
Space Pete
Member Posts: 19
From: UK
Registered: Feb 2010
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posted 03-01-2010 11:21 AM
This is quite possibly the best crew poster EVER! quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Can you spot the astronauts in the audience?
I see Mike Massimino and Steve Swanson in the bottom left.Notice Mike Coats in the bottom right also! I'm surprised you're not in there somewhere yourself, Robert! |
kimmern123
Member Posts: 83
From: Norway
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 03-01-2010 11:36 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
Can you spot the astronauts in the audience?
Mike Massimino, Mike Coats and Steve Swanson are quite easy to spot. I also see several other NASA employees, some whom I also consider friends. |
thump
Member Posts: 575
From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 03-01-2010 11:39 AM
Who are the gentleman sitting in the back of the dugout, on the bench, in what appear to be tan flight suits? |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 03-01-2010 11:42 AM
I think I see Dave Wolf, second row in just left of center. |
Sean Collins
Member Posts: 29
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 03-01-2010 12:17 PM
Dave Wolf wasn't there or dropped in...That is Lisa Navy, Mike Coats' secretary on his his left. On Mike Coats' right is the suit tech lead and those are suit techs in the dugout behind the crew. There are also three flight directors in the dugout, one in a red Astro shirt, one in a white Astro uniform with black eye patches and one in all black. |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 03-01-2010 12:24 PM
OUTSTANDING! I expected Reisman to be wearing a Yankee cap and Bowen a Red Sox cap.Sean super job! |
Sean Collins
Member Posts: 29
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 03-01-2010 12:33 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Sean Collins:
That is Lisa Navy, Mike Coats' secretary on his his left.
Looking at the photo to the left of Mike Coats his secretary. "Not" his actual left, I got turned around in the 2-d world... quote:
Originally posted by NavySpaceFan:
Sean, what are the ball caps they are wearing in the baseball cards along the top?
The hat had Atlantis and STS-132 on them with what I think were Navy wings. |
Sean Collins
Member Posts: 29
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Dec 2009
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posted 03-01-2010 12:36 PM
quote:
Originally posted by KSCartist:
I expected Reisman to be wearing a Yankee cap and Bowen a Red Sox cap.
The Astros would not allow any other Team logos other than Astros or NASA related. |
kimmern123
Member Posts: 83
From: Norway
Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 03-01-2010 01:12 PM
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Originally posted by Sean Collins:
On Mike Coats' right is the suit tech lead and those are suit techs in the dugout behind the crew.
The suit tech lead, by the way, is Sharon McDougle. I had the pleasure of interviewing her while in Houston last summer. She was really funny, and really knowledgeable about everything related to the launch/entry-suits. |
NavySpaceFan
Member Posts: 655
From: Norfolk, VA
Registered: May 2007
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posted 03-01-2010 01:40 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Sean Collins:
The hat had Atlantis and STS-132 on them with what I think were Navy wings.
Cool, I want one!
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Mike Z
Member Posts: 451
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 03-01-2010 04:49 PM
Since I worked in big league baseball with the Baltimore Orioles 9 years I really need to get this one! |
lewarren
Member Posts: 269
From: Houston, TX, USA
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 03-01-2010 07:01 PM
There's an ASCAN in there, too  |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1355
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-02-2010 01:12 PM
Mike Coats is sorta out-of-place facing the opposite direction from the crowd. What has his attention?Now that's an idea of printing 3x5 card of astronauts doing their favorite sport with their mission emblem and their stats on the back. |
tegwilym
Member Posts: 2331
From: Sturgeon Bay, WI
Registered: Jan 2000
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posted 03-02-2010 02:36 PM
I'm curious how the STS-133 poster will look. But being the last flight of the shuttle, I wonder how they will fit in any humor with that one.
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lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1355
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-04-2010 10:39 AM
I would like to see, somehow, the last crew poster incorporate all the faces of astronauts who have flown on the shuttle. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-05-2010 12:24 AM
quote:
Originally posted by lunarrv15:
Mike Coats is sorta out-of-place facing the opposite direction from the crowd. What has his attention?
I believe Coats was Photoshopped into the picture, as were others... |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 03-05-2010 09:55 AM
quote:
Originally posted by lunarrv15:
I would like to see, somehow, the last crew poster incorporate all the faces of astronauts who have flown on the shuttle.
Do one of the collages where if you look close you see the people's faces, step back and it's the mission logo. (Sean, if you use this idea, I'll give you an address to send the royalty checks.) |
ASCAN1984
Member Posts: 1049
From: County Down, Nothern Ireland
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 03-05-2010 11:23 AM
Robert is that you holding the girl in pink? Really looks a lot like you!!! |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-05-2010 11:27 AM
quote:
Originally posted by ASCAN1984:
Robert is that you holding the girl in pink?
No, not me; I wasn't there that day... |
Paul23
Member Posts: 836
From: South East, UK
Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 03-05-2010 02:47 PM
quote:
Originally posted by lunarrv15:
I would like to see, somehow, the last crew poster incorporate all the faces of astronauts who have flown on the shuttle.
Sgt Pepper style might be a good one, wouldn't get them all in but they could get quite a few! |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1355
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-08-2010 12:34 PM
I am thinking a mosaic incorporation forming an image of the last mission emblem, or of the crew portrait pose. |
bthumble
Member Posts: 267
From: Houston, Texas
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 03-24-2010 08:58 PM
Will this be available in the 8x11 size of the standard crew photos? I would love to get a copy and get signed by the astronauts.Go Astros.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-24-2010 09:02 PM
If you download the high resolution PDF, any local photo shop should be able to produce a very nice quality 8x10. NASA sometimes produces mini-posters (11x14 or so) but they are limited to employee distribution. |
shoelessman
New Member Posts: 4
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Jan 2016
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posted 02-06-2016 09:48 AM
I love it... a friend of mine was on that mission and flew an object for my wife and me. I got this poster signed by the crew in silver sharpie and had it framed along with the object that was flown, the picture of the item in space, the certificate and a mission patch. It's pretty much my favorite mission poster ever, but I have to admit, I worked for the Astros for awhile so I'm biased! |
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