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Topic: Photo of the week 211 (November 15, 2008)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-15-2008 03:21 AM
   
 On June 24, 1968, astronauts Vance Brand, Joe Engle and Joe Kerwin (left to right) emerged from the big vacuum chamber at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, where they spent a week "flying" Apollo 2TV-1 in a simulation of the Apollo-7 mission (see also Photo of the Week no.5). Thanks to John Charles for this picture. Ed Hengeveld |
Philip
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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-15-2008 04:28 AM
From left to right: Randolph Engineering, RayBan, RayBan |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1190
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 11-15-2008 09:11 AM
Great shot, Ed! Can you tell - what is that artifact on the wall between Engle and Kerwin? Looks to be a piece of hardware on one of those vintage NASA hardwood plaques. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-15-2008 09:19 AM
The artifact is an old-fashioned alarm clock mounted on a plaque, indicating 12 o'clock. |
User997
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posted 11-15-2008 11:29 AM
What's with the story with the syringe in Engle's left arm? |
rjurek349
Member Posts: 1190
From: Northwest Indiana
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 11-15-2008 12:12 PM
Ed, Thanks. So much for "artifact", eh?  A great photo though - gets more interesting every time I look at it. Like the syringe comment above. Wow. |
1202 Alarm
Member Posts: 436
From: Switzerland & France
Registered: Nov 2003
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posted 11-15-2008 12:21 PM
Just imagine that same pose featuring Stafford, Shepard, Young or Armstrong... THAT would be worth some $... |
astroborg
Member Posts: 200
From: Woodbridge, VA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 11-15-2008 01:46 PM
Woa! Flashback! Far out threads and groovy shades, man! |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1355
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 11-15-2008 02:02 PM
(As a hippie would talk) ...that vacuum chamber is a real trip man. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-15-2008 03:23 PM
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Originally posted by User997:
What's with the story with the syringe in Engle's left arm?
My guess is as good as yours, but probably something to do with post-'flight' medical experiments. |
John Charles
Member Posts: 339
From: Houston, Texas, USA
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 11-15-2008 09:42 PM
Ed, alas, not much medical data was acquired during 2TV-1. The purpose of the test was mostly spacecraft systems testing and habitability.I believe that the intravenous (IV) catheter "on" Engle's arm -- surely not "in" a vein -- was in keeping with the crew's post-test hippie appearance. These clean-cut military pilots (Kerwin was one of the Navy's first dual-designators, both a flight surgeon and a qualified jet pilot) emerged from the test with a week's growth of beard. As a joke, they decided to go "hippie" all the way, to surprise their equally clean-cut military pilot superiors and other senior managers. Thus, the IV was probably how Dr. Kerwin pretended to represent whatever it was that hippies shot up with in 1968. |
BMacKinnon
Member Posts: 230
From: Waterford, MI. USA
Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 11-16-2008 06:08 AM
Wow man, that would have been a groovy shot for Brand and Kerwin to sign last weekend at the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's show. I bet they would have cracked up to see that photo. Plus with Brand growing his hair out now he's looking a little on the hippie side. Ed thanks for adding some humor to our day! |
MoonCrater1
Member Posts: 85
From: Queens, NY, USA
Registered: Nov 2008
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posted 11-19-2008 05:49 PM
Could a similar photo be made today for a space shuttle crew? It would probably be "politically incorrect." What would a similar photo involve? Perhaps something to do with global warming, like plush polar bears or whales. |
WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 11-23-2008 03:55 PM
quote:
Originally posted by rjurek349:
Great shot, Ed! Can you tell - what is that artifact on the wall between Engle and Kerwin? Looks to be a piece of hardware on one of those vintage NASA hardwood plaques.
I suspect it is the group's first gold record for their hit "100 Revolutions, Going Nowhere." |
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