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Topic: Photo of the week 181 (April 19, 2008)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
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posted 04-19-2008 03:02 AM
   
 In March 1978 NASA named the first four Space Shuttle flight crews for the orbital flight test (OFT) phase. This is the crew of OFT-4, Vance Brand (right) and Gordon Fullerton, during emergency egress training at JSC in August 1978. The crews were later reshuffled and Fullerton was assigned to STS-3 and Brand to STS-5. Ed Hengeveld |
mjanovec
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From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 04-19-2008 05:35 AM
Also...two guys who just retired from NASA in the past few months after very long and successful careers. |
cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
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posted 04-19-2008 09:42 AM
Funny V. Brand looks somewhat like Harrison Ford (in the firs opus of the Indiana Jones saga).Chris. |
carmelo
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From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 04-19-2008 10:06 AM
The spacesuit is different! |
Fra Mauro
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From: Bethpage, N.Y.
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posted 04-19-2008 11:22 AM
It's hard to imagine that we went 6 years without manned spaceflight. In a sense, I'm not looking forward to 2010. |
golddog
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From: australia
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 04-19-2008 04:20 PM
When they were a crew, who was the CDR? Was it Fullerton, who at that stage had not flown in space, or Brand, who had with the ASTP? |
Tom
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From: New York
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posted 04-19-2008 05:14 PM
Brand |
Delta7
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From: Bluffton IN USA
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posted 04-19-2008 05:44 PM
The original OFT crew assignments announced March 1978:Young/Crippen
Engle/Truly
Haise/Lousma
Brand/Fullerton The plan at the time was for as many as 7 OFT missions, with each crew flying in the sequence shown above. Fred Haise left NASA to pursue other opportunities in 1979; Lousma was promoted to CDR. The new lineup: Young/Crippen
Engle/Truly
Lousma/Fullerton
Brand/Overmyer. At some point, the crew of Mattingly/Hartsfield was added and eventually assigned to STS-4. Brand/Overmyer wound up on the first operational flight, along with MS's Allen & Lenoir. |
dss65
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From: Sandpoint, ID, USA
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted 04-19-2008 06:40 PM
quote:
Originally posted by cspg:
Funny V. Brand looks somewhat like Harrison Ford (in the firs opus of the Indiana Jones saga).
That crossed my mind, too. So did John Denver.------------------
Don |
mikepf
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From: San Jose, California, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-21-2008 09:53 AM
I thought it was Richard Gere.Mikie |
cspg
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From: Geneva, Switzerland
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posted 04-21-2008 10:28 AM
Actually Brand has the "look and feel" of the 70s and I wonder if he didn't remind me of the TV serie "Space:1999"...Chris. |
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