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Topic: Photo of the week 157 - November 3
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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-02-2007 12:37 PM
Joan C. Barrett Roosa, widow of Apollo-14 astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, passed away on Tuesday, October 30. This photo shows Mrs. Roosa with her four children as they prepare to watch the Apollo-14 launch at the Kennedy Space Center on January 31, 1971. Ed Hengeveld |
rjurek349 Member Posts: 1190 From: Northwest Indiana Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 11-02-2007 12:49 PM
Ed,Oh, wow - what a wonderful tribute and a wonderful photo. Thanks for sharing such a nice gesture. Rich |
FFrench Member Posts: 3161 From: San Diego Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 11-02-2007 01:04 PM
Thanks, Ed - a very timely posting.If you want to see what one of those sons looks like today, there was a photo I took last year posted on this thread. |
KSCartist Member Posts: 2896 From: Titusville, FL USA Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 11-02-2007 01:16 PM
Ed A beautiful tribute. Thank you for sharing.Tim |
Greggy_D Member Posts: 977 From: Michigan Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 11-02-2007 01:41 PM
Beautiful kids. |
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-02-2007 02:10 PM
Wonderful Ed! |
4allmankind Member Posts: 1043 From: Dallas Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 11-02-2007 03:06 PM
Great choice of photo Ed. Jay |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-02-2007 03:58 PM
In all fairness, the suggestion to post it was made by J.L. Pickering.It is hard for me to understand how someone can sit there looking relaxed, while her loved-one is about to ride a monster-rocket into space and then will fly to the moon... Words fail to describe the courage of these women. Ed |
Henk Boshuijer Member Posts: 450 From: Netherlands Registered: May 2007
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posted 11-02-2007 04:29 PM
A very nice picture Ed.Henk Boshuijer |
Tom Member Posts: 1597 From: New York Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-02-2007 08:29 PM
QUOTE..."Words fail to describe the courage of these women."That's no lie. Which astronaut stated that the wives job was tougher than theirs? Great photo, Ed. Thanks for sharing.
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Jay Chladek Member Posts: 2272 From: Bellevue, NE, USA Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 11-02-2007 11:02 PM
How can she look calm and smiling? Easy, her kids are there. If she looks relaxed, they will relax. But still, she looks "very relaxed" in this picture. |
R.Glueck Member Posts: 115 From: Winterport, Maine, USA Registered: Jul 2004
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posted 11-03-2007 10:46 AM
One of the rare Apollo astro couples with a marriage strong enough to survive the test of service and time. God bless them both. |
Rob Joyner Member Posts: 1308 From: GA, USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 11-03-2007 11:13 PM
What a great photo! With all that red, there's no doubt they're Roosa's family! Can anyone identify or comment on the others seen in the photo? There's a little girl to the far right. Relatives of Shepard or Mitchell perhaps? |
Ken Havekotte Member Posts: 2915 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-04-2007 04:37 AM
Rob--The young girl in the picture is Rosemary, Roosa's only daughter, was 7 at the time her dad went to the moon. The oldest boy is Christopher, 11 at the time, John just turned 10, and Stuart, 8. Mrs. Roosa with her daughter, at times, was a frequent visitor to Florida's Space Coast in celebration of the Apollo astronauts and their accomplishments. |
Rob Joyner Member Posts: 1308 From: GA, USA Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 11-04-2007 06:38 PM
Thanks Ken! But I was referring to the people behind the Roosa family in the enclosure. Anyone know who they are? |
Ken Havekotte Member Posts: 2915 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-04-2007 09:33 PM
Sorry Rob for not addressing your question correctly. After seeing the other people behind the Roosa family, yes, I do see a little girl along with a few others--however--I can't seem to recognize anyone inparticular. For the Apollo 14 launch, the Roosa family saw the liftoff from a special astronaut viewing site that was north-west of the VAB. Let me try to assemble some other photos from the Roosa site and perhaps we can get some better pics to examine. Once again my apologies. |
Lola Morrow Member Posts: 40 From: Denver Co USA Registered: Jun 2006
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posted 11-05-2007 12:57 AM
quote: Originally posted by FFrench: If you want to see what one of those sons looks like today, there was a photo I took last year posted on this thread.
Francis, thanks for the photos you took at the Shepard Launching. The picture is of Christopher (Chris) whose is a Marine Officer. He looks so much like his Dad that it brought back my memories of Stu. Jack and Alan are just as nice as Chris and Rosemary is very charming. A very loving, wholesome family. Joan and Stu can be very proud! My Mom used to baby-sit for them when they came for any of launchings. I have been gathering pictures of that time to send to Joan and the family. And thanks, to JL & Ed for sharing the lovely photo with all. |
leslie Member Posts: 231 From: Surrey, England Registered: Aug 2005
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posted 11-05-2007 02:17 AM
Ed, This picture is a great example of the other important aspect of space history, too often ignored. The family and the support given to the "guys". A touching photograph....------------------ Leslie Cantwell |
robsouth Member Posts: 769 From: West Midlands, UK Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 11-05-2007 11:10 PM
Ed, I was thinking exactly the same thing; she looks like shes out for a picnic with the kids instead of getting ready to watch her husband get blasted into space on top of a giant rocket. |
mjanovec Member Posts: 3811 From: Midwest, USA Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 11-06-2007 11:14 AM
Does anybody know what Mrs. Roosa is holding there with the Apollo 14 patch design on it? It appears to be some sort of box (or hand bag, perhaps). Is it something that other crew's families had made too? Or is she holding something unique? |