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Topic: Photo of the week 214 (December 6, 2008)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-05-2008 03:40 PM
   
 On March 5, 1968, the prime and backup crews for the Apollo 'E type' mission participated in a crew compartment stowage review at the Grumman plant for LM-4, which they were to fly to a high-elliptical orbit later that year. The vehicle used in the test was LM Test Article 1 (LTA-1), configured to resemble the LM-4 flight vehicle. Posing with LTA-1 are backup commander Neil Armstrong and backup LMP Buzz Aldrin. Plans for the flight changed during 1968 and it was eventually flown as Apollo 8. Ed Hengeveld |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 12-05-2008 05:42 PM
Interesting photo. Note the round hatch in the LM, which must have been leftover from the earlier configuration of the test article. |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 12-05-2008 06:49 PM
That LM (with the round hatch) is on display at the Cradle of Avaition Museum.-Lou |
NJSPACEFAN
Member Posts: 128
From: Ocala, FL USA
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 12-06-2008 08:33 AM
What's with the gigantic bump on Buzz's head? Must be why they switched from the round portal! Looks like an elbow growing out of it! |
WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 12-07-2008 02:20 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Lou Chinal:
That LM (with the round hatch) is on display at the Cradle of Avaition Museum.
I recall seeing small models with the round hatch, but no mock-ups. The full LM that they have, with astronaut at the base, has a square hatch. Where was the full round hatch, it would be interesting to see. [We usually get there during the holiday time (in-laws live near by)]. |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 12-07-2008 03:20 PM
I haven't been there for a while. You may have to hunt around for it. Ask Josh Stoff he's one of the curators there.-Lou |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 12-07-2008 04:38 PM
You can see pictures of LTA-1 at the Cradle of Aviation at A Field Guide to American Spacecraft. |
WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 12-08-2008 08:29 AM
Thanks Robert, I had failed to notice the round hatch. I know precisely where it is in the museum. |
nasamad
Member Posts: 2121
From: Essex, UK
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 12-08-2008 05:08 PM
The Apogee books publication "Virtual LM" has loads of images of this craft included on it's accompanying CD-ROM (Ascent and Descent stages).Adam |
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