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Topic: Favorite space shuttle crew portraits
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levasseurj
Member Posts: 27
From: Washington, D.C.
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted 12-15-2011 11:16 AM
   
For the "Moving Beyond Earth" exhibit here at the National Air and Space Museum, we're putting together a slide show of the best crew portraits for each shuttle mission. We want lots of variety, so I thought I'd solicit ideas from all of you on what YOUR favorite crew portraits are. They key is the availability from NASA - we want these to reflect the changing nature of the crews in both gender, cultural heritage, age, etc, but we want a single credit line to NASA.Feel free to email me separately, or post something here. Please include the NASA image number so I can ask them for a high res version. Many thanks for the feedback! ------------------
Jennifer Levasseur
Museum Specialist
Space History Division
National Air and Space Museum |
cycleroadie
Member Posts: 452
From: Apalachin, NY USA
Registered: May 2011
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posted 12-15-2011 11:50 AM
Well, I think you should not just do true crew portraits, the canned NASA shots. But mix in some candid crew shots, like this one of the STS-133 crew. |
NavySpaceFan
Member Posts: 655
From: Norfolk, VA
Registered: May 2007
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posted 12-15-2011 11:52 AM
Not sure if this has a NASA image number, but here is my favorite crew picture (STS-54). |
328KF
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Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 12-15-2011 01:31 PM
Almost every time this question comes up, the most frequently mentioned crew portrait is STS-41, with the sunset and T-38 jet in the background. There was an alternate version also with the crew wearing their flight gear and holding their helmets which is even better.Don't know why it's so appealing....Right Stuff pilots with a sleek supersonic jet? If not for the NASA logo on the tail, there is no reference to space to the average viewer. But WAY cooler than some of the Photoshop specials done later in the program. I recently saw a long list of crew photos for sale someplace, and was surprised, when you line them all up like that, how nearly identical many of them are. There was a long period with a lack of photographic creativity... nothing but orange suits and the crewmember in the front holding a large crew patch plaque. |
levasseurj
Member Posts: 27
From: Washington, D.C.
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted 12-15-2011 02:11 PM
Fantastic ideas so far... thanks for the suggestions!!! We are looking to really vary the look of these, so it's not just pumpkin suits one after the other, or all the other boring repetition that could happen.I appreciate the help everyone! |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 12-15-2011 02:55 PM
STS-51A. Crew in blue jumpsuits with a life sized America bald eagle in the foreground instead a mission plaque. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 12-15-2011 04:36 PM
STS-49 crew in blue jumpsuits in front of Endeavour on Runway 22 at Edwards. In the sunshine with mountains in the background.
I don't have the I.D. number, but it's a popular photo. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 12-15-2011 05:28 PM
NASA photo S135-E-008715 is an in-flight photo of the last shuttle crew on the flight deck of STS-135 Atlantis. |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 12-15-2011 05:38 PM
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Originally posted by mach3valkyrie:
I don't have the I.D. number, but it's a popular photo.
Yep, it's a great photo. Code is STS049-S-002. |
AJ
Member Posts: 511
From: Plattsburgh, NY, United States
Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 12-15-2011 06:17 PM
STS-36 has a great crew photo, featuring the crew in front of the shuttle on the pad. STS-39 has a beautiful, simple background of the nighttime earth from orbit. |
levasseurj
Member Posts: 27
From: Washington, D.C.
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted 12-15-2011 07:35 PM
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Originally posted by Cozmosis22:
STS-51A. Crew in blue jumpsuits with a life sized America bald eagle in the foreground instead a mission plaque.
This is the team's favorite one so far... we are using it for sure to represent that mission! (and joked we should collect that eagle!) |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-15-2011 08:16 PM
I tend to like the gag photos: STS-6's F-Troop; STS-132's tuxes; and STS-61E's vintage costumes.Then there's the what could have beens: STS-62A and either STS-61F or 61G. But interestingly enough, one of my favorite photos is for what it doesn't show. STS-61H, which doesn't have either the British or Indonesian PSs. |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 977
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 12-15-2011 08:50 PM
Also, the alternate STS-61B photo. |
kyra
Member Posts: 583
From: Louisville CO US
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 12-15-2011 10:52 PM
My preference is for any crew pic actually taken in space. While they are still posed they are more candid due to time and spatial considerations. My favorite official preflight crew portrait is for STS-36. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-16-2011 07:17 AM
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Originally posted by Greggy_D:
Also, the alternate STS-61B photo.
Heh! They should display the alternate 61B photo next to the alternate 111 photo. Also, the 51D next to 33R next to 132... |
Spaceguy5
Member Posts: 427
From: Pampa, TX, US
Registered: May 2011
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posted 12-16-2011 08:30 AM
Can't forget some of the DoD missions.Also, this spoof safety poster made by the STS-98 crew is one of my favorites. |
thump
Member Posts: 575
From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 12-16-2011 09:21 AM
I've also liked the crew picture for STS-50 (JSCCL-121). with the crew standing in front of Columbia's nose (which I do not think was photoshopped or any other means), while she was in the Orbiter Processing facility. Not only that, but the crew was diverse, with 2 females (Baker and Dunbar) and a Vietnamese born (Trinh) astronaut. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 12-16-2011 10:59 AM
I think the STS-50 crew photo was done in Palmdale when Columbia was there for it OMDP after STS-40. One of My favorite crew photos was STS-51F, Spacelab 2. It is the normal 80's blue flightsuits but they have the Spacelab 2 payload in the photo. |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 12-16-2011 11:47 AM
STS-61C had a great gag photo as well! |
chappy
Member Posts: 231
From: Cardiff, S. Wales, UK
Registered: Apr 2006
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posted 12-16-2011 05:44 PM
My favorite photo is of the STS-1 crew with the last shuttle crew, STS-135, posing together. I reckon it's the best of all to date... |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 12-17-2011 01:34 AM
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Originally posted by ilbasso:
STS-61C had a great gag photo as well!
They look like members of the French synth music group "Space".  Some of the later mission posters should be included in the collection as in the later years, the pop culture references were beginning to come fast and furious and NASA seemed to open up more about allowing them as opposed to just the official mission portraits. The STS-124 Harry Potter inspired poster is a leading candidate as that thing practically got snapped up completely at the NASA centers when it came out due to the book series popularity. The Trek movie inspired STS-134 poster with Kelly and company doing the JJ Abrams Trek poses would be nice as well (and 133's baseball themed poster). My most treasured memento poster is the ISS Expedition 16 Matrix themed one (but that doesn't count for this as it is ISS instead of shuttle, but it was very well done). By the way, where did the 132 crew get those ugly looking dinner jackets anyway? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-17-2011 04:55 AM
Does anybody have a high-res version of the STS-132 gag-photo in tuxes? |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 12-17-2011 09:07 PM
This is the highest resolution I could find of those dinner jackets: Dressed for dinner. |
garyd2831
Member Posts: 640
From: Syracuse, New York, USA
Registered: Oct 2009
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posted 12-17-2011 09:24 PM
My favorite is the STS-51L crew portrait. It is simple and respectful. It includes a nice mix of race, religion, ethnicity, gender and personal achievement. The darken reddish backdrop, with a beautiful positioning of the American flag alongside the shuttle stack model and crew helmets made the photo wonderful. Plus I love the offset of the crews flight pants, polo shirts and jackets that reflect the earlier years of the shuttle program. Don't get me wrong, I love the gag photos, but there is something about the 51L crew photo that continues to deliver a message... |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-18-2011 04:04 AM
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Originally posted by Jay Chladek:
This is the highest resolution I could find of those dinner jackets.
Thanks, that is a great one also. But I was referring to the 'official' one: |
levasseurj
Member Posts: 27
From: Washington, D.C.
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted 12-19-2011 02:10 PM
You've all outdone yourselves! Thanks so much. I want to use as many of the posters and gag photos as I can. I have the website for the posters, but does anyone know if the gag photos are really official shots with image numbers?Another quick question: I've gone all around the web looking for the image number for the STS-51G image with everyone in uniforms. I'd love to use it, but to order the right resolution for our screens, I need a file name! Thanks again everyone. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 12-19-2011 03:22 PM
Regarding the STS-51G crew photo, the black-and-white version is S85-32878, and the colour version I saw was 85-HC-178. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-20-2011 02:53 AM
quote:
Originally posted by LM-12:
Regarding the STS-51G crew photo, the black-and-white version is S85-32878, and the colour version I saw was 85-HC-178.
85-HC-178 is a transparency number from NASA Headquarters. The B&W number applies for the color print from JSC as well: S85-32878. |
levasseurj
Member Posts: 27
From: Washington, D.C.
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted 12-20-2011 07:31 AM
Thanks to garyd2831 and heng44 for the numbers on the STS-51G photo. It was one we needed to have for sure and I just kept running into dead ends online.If you know photo numbers for the other gag photos, we'd love to use as many as we can...the idea is to keep it visually interesting, so we'll sprinkle these in here and there, as well as the later mission gag posters. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-20-2011 08:47 AM
- ALT-2 crew (Engle-Truly): S80-27341
- STS-6 F-troop photo: S82-38356
- STS-8 with cat: S83-31723
- STS-61B: STS61B-S-073
- STS-61E (canceled) as astronomers: S86-25347
- STS-32 Santa Claus: STS32-S-003
There are more, but not with official NASA ID-numbers. |
levasseurj
Member Posts: 27
From: Washington, D.C.
Registered: Jan 2010
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posted 12-20-2011 10:08 AM
Well, that just leaves the STS-61C shot, with the helmets on, for me to figure out of the gag photos! Thanks Ed for the help with the others! |
ilbasso
Member Posts: 1522
From: Greensboro, NC USA
Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 12-20-2011 10:58 AM
I'm the one who posted the STS-61C gag photo on Wikipedia and I have an original print. It's just a glossy print on photo paper - no serial number.I just emailed you a hi-res scan. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-20-2011 02:44 PM
There is one more than should be included: S98-13388 is the STS-95 crew re-enacting the famous photo of the original 7. |
RMH
Member Posts: 577
From: Ohio
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 12-20-2011 05:18 PM
I have always liked the STS-70 in flight crew photo with the state of Ohio flag behind them. As 4 of the 5 members were from Ohio. I guess I am a little biased.STS070-368-003 |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 12-20-2011 07:16 PM
quote:
Originally posted by heng44:
There is one more than should be included: S98-13388 is the STS-95 crew re-enacting the famous photo of the original 7.
They had better have had a fan going full blast for that shot or the AC cranked as I don't see any of them hooked up to a portable AC unit to keep them from overheating. GREAT photo though. |
brianjbradley
Member Posts: 114
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 12-21-2011 03:07 PM
In terms of demonstrating a diverse crew, STS-87 crew has to be close to the top of the list. It's crew included three born-Americans (one African American) and three other crew members who originally hailed from India, Japan and Ukraine.The 41G crew photo has a banner group of space firsts - first 7 member crew (the size of the original astronaut class), first female spacewalker, first two females on a shuttle crew, first Canadian (Garneau), first Australian (Scully Power), first time two payload specialists were flown and all led by a familiar shuttle legend (Crippen). |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 12-21-2011 07:26 PM
STS-9 was the first flight with two payload specialists. Crip did get his first and only KSC landing. Kind of off the topic but how many flight that were cancelled or had crew changes had crew photos done? |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 12-21-2011 07:38 PM
quote:
Originally posted by OV-105:
Kind of off the topic but how many flight that were cancelled or had crew changes had crew photos done?
- STS-51E
- STS-101
- STS-114
- STS-117
- STS-118
- STS-121
- STS-133
That's not a complete list, but there were lithos done for all but one of these crews. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-21-2011 09:24 PM
Pre-Challenger, crew photos were done for 61E through 61H (although the latter without PSs) as well as for 62A.Crew photos exist for the 41F (the flight that launched as 51D with the addition of two PSs) as well as of the original 51D crew when it was Shaw-O'Connor's flight (five-member crew) and for 51D under Brandenstein-Creighton (with Walker and Jarvis as PSs.) |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-22-2011 12:25 AM
Technically, it wasn't the 61H crew but the 61M(T) crew. They performed (if I recall correctly) a simulation of the 61M flight profile in support of STS-26. |
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