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Topic: Photo of the week 33 (September 24, 2005)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-24-2005 09:36 AM
   
 Astronauts Alan Shepard (left) and Frank Borman are training in the Gemini mission simulator at Cape Kennedy. In early 1964 Shepard was unofficially named prime crew command pilot and Borman backup crew pilot for the first manned Gemini mission. However, in March 1964 Shepard was removed from flight status due to his ear problem (Menieres Syndrome). Borman was subsequently reassigned to the Gemini-4 backup crew as command pilot. |
Steven Kaplan
Member Posts: 140
From: New Jersey
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 09-24-2005 10:53 AM
Ed, where do you come up with these great photos? Please keep them coming. It's so odd to see Shepard in a Gemini photo. Any more "unflowns," e.g. Cooper in Apollo, any of the Apollo guys in the shuttle? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-24-2005 11:00 AM
Steven, I have some more "unflowns" up my sleeve! |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 09-24-2005 11:39 AM
Ditto... please keep them coming!Looks odd seeing Borman in the right seat. |
nojnj
Member Posts: 503
From: Highland Heights, KY
Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 09-24-2005 11:45 AM
Thanks, as always a real treat! Keep them coming! |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-24-2005 11:52 AM
Can you imagine being launched out of those door openings by those ejection seats they're sitting in.Man, that's pretty close tolerance. |
kyra
Member Posts: 583
From: Louisville CO US
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 09-25-2005 10:12 PM
Notice the simplicity of the pilots switch panel, and the lack of one by the command pilot. A very early version ! Probably before Gus Grissom had his say on the panel arrangements (Gemini Pre-Gusmobile). |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-26-2005 07:10 AM
The photo was taken in early 1964, so the spacecraft was still under development. |
space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 09-26-2005 11:36 AM
The apparent lack of panels is from the angle of the photo. Shepard's left hand panel is blocked by the splash curtain along the left side of the hatchway. The top of the center console can be seen just above Shepard's right hand.I have always thought the electrical connector on the top of the ejection seat in the early sim photos was odd (visible below Borman's headrest). |
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