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Topic: John Young, as chief of the Astronaut Office
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Bram
Member Posts: 19
From: Tremelo, Belgium
Registered: Nov 2005
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posted 06-07-2012 11:06 PM
   
Are there any pictures available from John Young in his office as a chief astronaut?
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brianjbradley
Member Posts: 78
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted 06-08-2012 09:09 AM
In terms of his office specifically, not sure. To see him in action, I'd check the crew walk out photos for STS-2 through STS-7. As Office Chief, he escorted the crew and can be seen. |
Lunar_module_5
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posted 06-08-2012 01:11 PM
The BBC documentary "John Young - The Ultimate Explorer" from 1982 shows John in an office (I don't know if this was his office but I am guessing it was) being interviewed for the programme. A video still from that programme could help you? |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3582
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 06-08-2012 01:52 PM
Young is also visible in the role of chief astronaut during the sad ceremony where the remains of the Challenger astronauts are being transferred. That had to be one of the most difficult duties a chief astronaut has ever had to perform.As for a photo of his office, I've seen very few photos of ANY astronaut's office. Either the offices are not of interest to the official photographers...or they may be mostly considered private. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 26584
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-08-2012 02:07 PM
Stéphane Sebile e-mailed with the following: I have found this picture (believe 1980) with John Young in his office in Houston  |
Bram
Member Posts: 19
From: Tremelo, Belgium
Registered: Nov 2005
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posted 06-11-2012 02:47 AM
Thanks for this pic! Indeed, photos of astronauts in their offices are hard to find. I would like to see more pics of them behind their desks. |
David Carey
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Registered: Mar 2009
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posted 06-11-2012 01:53 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Bram:
I would like to see more pics of them behind their desks.
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ea757grrl
Member Posts: 541
From: South Carolina
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 06-11-2012 03:52 PM
(in best Jack Donaghy voice) "Well played, Carey." |
carmelo
Member Posts: 777
From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 06-13-2012 02:15 PM
I have found this picture (believe 1980) with John Young in his office in Houston Was the same office of Deke Slayton? |
golddog
Member Posts: 174
From: australia
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 06-14-2012 01:23 AM
Does anyone know what the name is on Young's spacesuit in that picture? It appears to be a Gemini style, in close up the name is not Young's. |
Besixdouze
Member Posts: 129
From: Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Registered: Jan 2011
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posted 06-14-2012 02:45 AM
Looks to me like that well known astronaut 'Medium Regular'  |
APG85
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From:
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 06-14-2012 05:14 AM
I heard "Medium Regular" doesn't like to sign autographs so don't ask... |
golddog
Member Posts: 174
From: australia
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 06-14-2012 05:49 AM
That's as good a guess as any. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 1998
From: Toms River, NJ,USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-14-2012 08:40 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Besixdouze:
Looks to me like that well known astronaut 'Medium Regular'
It is Medium Regular. Because Small Medium mysteriously disappeared after a meeting with George Abbey and was never seen again. JSC Roundup's article on the matter had the headline "Small Medium At Large."(And I heard Young changed from Medium Regular to Quite Regular after drinking orange juice while on the Moon....) |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 1509
From: Atlanta, GA, USA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 06-20-2012 11:16 AM
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Originally posted by Bram:
I would like to see more pics of them behind their desks.
Here's Jon McBride behind his desk. Author and friend Rick Houston is in the foreground. And here's the view Jon has looking forward from his desk:  |
Michael Cassutt
Member Posts: 249
From: Studio City CA USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 06-20-2012 10:17 PM
quote:
Originally posted by carmelo:
Was the same office of Deke Slayton?
No. Slayton's office, as director of flight crew operations, was in a different building — #9, I believe, JSC HQ. The astronaut office was Building #4. |
heng44
Member Posts: 2522
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-21-2012 02:00 PM
John Fabian and Fred Gregory in 1978. 
Ron McNair and Mike Smith in 1985.  |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 1998
From: Toms River, NJ,USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 06-21-2012 03:27 PM
Not mine, but here's Steve Hawley at his office, circa 1995. |
carmelo
Member Posts: 777
From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 06-24-2012 02:00 PM
quote:
Originally posted by golddog:
Does anyone know what the name is on Young's spacesuit in that picture? It appears to be a Gemini style, in close up the name is not Young's.
Is an Apollo-1 type suit. |
tetrox
Member Posts: 91
From: London England
Registered: Jan 2008
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posted 06-25-2012 04:16 PM
With fear of being the laughing stock it looks to me like the name says "MEDIUM REGULAR."Maybe it is just a general or surplus suit used for testing and spacecraft evaluation purposes by engineers etc. On edit: Sorry, I hadn't realised the question had already been answered. I only read the last post. |
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