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Topic: Group portrait of 3 Skylab crews
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-22-2005 12:33 PM
   
The top photo is from a 1974 issue of National Geographic Magazine and shows all nine Skylab astronauts in a rare group portrait, made by a 360-degree panoramic camera in the one-G trainer in Houston. The bottom, very similar photo was available at the Smithsonian Institution years ago.Ed Hengeveld  |
DavidH
Member Posts: 1217
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 03-22-2005 02:25 PM
Thanks for posting those. They have a roughly life-size version of the top picture at Space Center Houston. I'd heard that there were different versions, but hadn't seen the bottom one until now.------------------
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Helios
Member Posts: 49
From: Alexandria, VA. USA
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 03-22-2005 07:40 PM
Ed, Great pics. Do you know who shot them? A Nasa or Geo photographer? Was that pic available for purchase at the museum? Do you remember what year that may have been? Thanks for sharing, Ed. Phil
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-23-2005 12:11 AM
Phil, I believe the photos were shot by a NGS photographer. The bottom photo was available in the form of a book-marker and it must have been somewhere in the early eighties.Ed |
Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 03-23-2005 07:28 PM
Anyone know the correct order of appearance in either photo? Why is Garriott separated from the rest on the first, (it seems cropped)? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-23-2005 11:54 PM
Because it is a 360-degree panorama, Garriott was actually standing next to Bean...Ed |
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