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carmelo
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posted 02-07-2023 09:42 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for carmelo   Click Here to Email carmelo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
A famous picture of 1978 show astronauts Ronald McNair, Guion Bluford and Fred Gregory in A7L-B Apollo era suit.

The image was only for advertising purpose, or the three astronauts were involved in some training exercise (for example EVA training in the pool)?

onesmallstep
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posted 02-07-2023 10:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for onesmallstep   Click Here to Email onesmallstep     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Shuttle EMU suits were still under development so old Apollo/Skylab-era suits were used for initial training or 'photo ops,' yes. It should be noted that many flown or backup Apollo suits were reused by other astronauts throughout the 60s/70s.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 02-07-2023 12:44 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The photos from this session are also mentioned in the earlier topic Astronauts wearing the 'wrong' spacesuit, where a citation from the book "Black Stars in Orbit" describes the three as having been on an orientation tour of Johnson Space Center in January 1978.

OV-105
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posted 02-14-2023 11:45 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for OV-105   Click Here to Email OV-105     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There are photos of Anna Fisher also in an Apollo suit also. If I remember right it was Pete Conrad’s suit.

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