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Topic: Photo of the week 63 (January 14, 2006)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-14-2006 04:27 AM
   
 Another example of the "gag" portraits which surface every now and then and which I love so much. This is NASA's second group of astronauts, the New Nine, selected in September of 1962. They pose around a model of the Gemini spacecraft in the "official" portrait and a less serious version. Clockwise from lower left are: Jim Lovell, Elliot See, Ed White, Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, John Young, Tom Stafford, Pete Conrad and Jim McDivitt. Ed Hengeveld |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 01-14-2006 06:51 AM
Looks like Elliot See didn't want to play along with the gag; he looks normal. |
Steven Kaplan
Member Posts: 140
From: New Jersey
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 01-14-2006 07:29 AM
If one could look into the future on the day the photos were taken, and told the nine that only three of them would walk on the moon, no one would have believed you. Another wonderful photo Ed. Keep them coming. |
zee_aladdin
Member Posts: 781
From: California
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 01-14-2006 10:19 AM
Looks like Neil Armstrong has his mouth often, as if he is waiting for some rain to drop into his mouth! LOL |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1355
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 01-14-2006 11:56 AM
what is the photo number on the gag photo? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-15-2006 03:51 AM
Both these photos don't have a number. I purchased scans from a website that sells photos from the Ed White estate (and other celebrities). |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-15-2006 09:49 AM
Great photos, Ed. They even turned the Gemini to the side for the gag shot.
As for Photo ID...I have the original photo (on the left) in black and white, and the photo # is: 63-Astro Train-254 (release date was Sept. 17, 1963)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-15-2006 10:02 AM
Thanks Tom, I have that one too. That is a number that is issued by NASA Headquarters in Washington. The color version is probably a transparency with a different number. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 01-15-2006 10:44 AM
That's right, Ed. It was released from NASA Headquarters in Washington...thanks. |
dtemple
Member Posts: 729
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 01-15-2006 11:49 AM
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Originally posted by zee_aladdin:
Looks like Neil armstrong has his mouth often, as if he is waiting for some rain to drop into his mouth!
Since Neil is looking up he is probably thinking, "What?! They want me to go up there??!!!" Or perhaps, "The moon! Impossible!!" By the way, I think See raised his eyebrows in an attempt to have "saucer" eyes, but he still looks serious. In fact, it appears he never moved an inch from his pose for the official portrait. Great find Ed; thanks for posting it. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3161
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-16-2006 12:10 PM
quote:
Originally posted by zee_aladdin:
Looks like Neil Armstrong has his mouth often, as if he is waiting for some rain to drop into his mouth!
Actually, Frank Borman is reaching around the spacecraft model to pull out some of Neil's hair... apparently you can get a good price for it at auction!  |
Rob Joyner
Member Posts: 1308
From: GA, USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 01-16-2006 06:54 PM
I also like the way the Gemini capsule model decided to close it's hatches and look away from the camera... What a cut-up! 
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Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 01-17-2006 10:24 AM
Great photo (and this comes from an unmanned spaceflight adept). Anyway, where would this Gemini scale model be nowadays? |
dtemple
Member Posts: 729
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 01-20-2006 10:55 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Philip:
Anyway, where would this Gemini scale model be nowadays?
That model may have been the same one I saw at JSC in mid-1992 before Space Center Houston opened. There was at least a similar model painted to match the actual Gemini spacecraft inside Building 2 in the upstairs section located behind the auditorium. It was displayed near the Gemini 7 logbooks. One could view the Faith 7 and Gemini 5 spacecraft hanging from the ceiling at about eye level from the upstairs section. There were also many photos on the walls and various models up there. I believe Shepard's Freedom 7 spacesuit was also displayed in this area. I don't know what happened to the models, photos, and GT-7 logbooks; perhaps they are still there. Here are a few photos from that tour. 
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