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Topic: Photo of the week 143 (July 28, 2007)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3619
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-28-2007 02:51 AM
   
 Apollo 9 commander Jim McDivitt looks up through the rendezvous window of the LM Spider during the docking with CSM Gumdrop in March 1969. The photo was made by Rusty Schweickart, who performed the first manned test flight of the LM with McDivitt, while Dave Scott piloted Gumdrop. |
robsouth
Member Posts: 769
From: West Midlands, UK
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 07-28-2007 07:52 AM
Is this definitely a photo because I have never seen it anywhere else, could it be a screen capture from 16mm film? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3619
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-28-2007 08:27 AM
This is a Hasselblad image and the number is AS09-24-3665. This is the best of several in this series. |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3278
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 07-28-2007 10:40 AM
Great image - looks more like a Rembrandt than a photo. A good one to try painting, Ed? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3619
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-28-2007 10:48 AM
Oh, I wouldn't compare myself to Rembrandt. Well, now that you mention it... |
FFrench
Member Posts: 3278
From: San Diego
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 07-28-2007 10:59 AM
Oh, why not set the bar high?  I can just imagine the above image, painted in a Rembrandt-esque style such as this painting would be an incredible end result (and interesting challenge!). |
SpaceCat
Member Posts: 151
From: Florida, US
Registered: May 2006
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posted 07-28-2007 07:44 PM
Something interesting, I believe...Anyone who has on old VHS tape set of the Tom Hanks "From The Earth To The Moon" miniseries will note that this photo is on the tape case, formed from the spine of each tape when they are in order. I've always thought it has a painting-like quality to it. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6326
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 07-29-2007 12:53 AM
Great picture! The human side of space exploration. Other pictures of the same kind, for example: |
mark plas
Member Posts: 385
From: the Netherlands
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 07-29-2007 04:48 AM
This picture gives you a good impression what is looked like when the astronauts stood fully suited inside the LM for the landing. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1656
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 07-29-2007 09:07 AM
Wasn't that the only time in the Apollo program in which the LM was the "active" spacecraft while linking up with the CSM? |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2181
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 08-09-2007 05:24 PM
quote:
Originally posted by SpaceCat:
Anyone who has on old VHS tape set of the Tom Hanks "From The Earth To The Moon" miniseries will note that this photo is on the tape case...
I got the Tom Hanks signature DVD set today, the shot is very similar but it is of one of the actors I believe. |
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