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posted 06-09-2005 10:56 AM               

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It is June 24, 1968: astronauts Joe Engle, Vance Brand and Joe Kerwin (left to right) have just spent eight days "flying" Apollo 2TV-1, situated inside a giant vacuum chamber at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, where they simulated the Apollo 7 mission.

Kerwin fondly remembers that after the test the crew strolled into the office of George Trimble, MSC Deputy Director, "with our week's growth of beards and dressed up as hippies" to assure him that the spacecraft was ready for Schirra and company.

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posted 06-09-2005 12:09 PM            

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What a great time, and era, that must've been!

Thanks, Ed, for sharing your great photos with all of us.

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posted 06-09-2005 01:37 PM               

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I thought it was the Bee-Gees, LOL!

You've got some great photos!

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posted 06-09-2005 08:31 PM               

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That is absolutely awesome! What a kick!

(Good thing that trio wasn't walking into Chicago that summer looking like that.)