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Topic: Photo of the week 229 (March 21, 2009)
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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-21-2009 03:52 AM
Forty years ago this week, the Apollo 11 crew was in the middle of altitude chamber tests for their spacecraft at the Kennedy Space Center. Here backup commander Jim Lovell is entering the command module under the watchful eye of ‘pad leader’ Guenter Wendt (in yellow). Ed Hengeveld |
carmelo Member Posts: 1047 From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 03-21-2009 08:19 PM
Any official photo of Apollo 11 back crew? |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-22-2009 04:21 AM
Never seen one... |
ejectr Member Posts: 1751 From: Killingly, CT Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-22-2009 07:04 AM
That looks like Joe Schmitt in back of Guenter. |
dwmzmm Member Posts: 82 From: Katy, TX USA Registered: Dec 2006
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posted 03-22-2009 08:32 AM
quote: Originally posted by ejectr: That looks like Joe Schmitt in back of Guenter.
I thought it might be Buzz Aldrin.... ------------------ Dave, NAR # 21853 SR. Challenger 498 Section NAR Advisor |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-22-2009 08:55 AM
No, it is indeed suit tech Joe Schmitt. |
robsouth Member Posts: 769 From: West Midlands, UK Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 03-22-2009 11:43 AM
An Apollo 11 backup crew photo could look like this, |
ejectr Member Posts: 1751 From: Killingly, CT Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-22-2009 12:23 PM
WOW! There's a story that could be told right there.
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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-22-2009 03:12 PM
Or how about this? |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-22-2009 03:38 PM
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rjurek349 Member Posts: 1190 From: Northwest Indiana Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 03-22-2009 09:31 PM
Awesome original pic, Ed -- and the others: very creative. This is turning into a very creative and fun thread. Any more suggestions? If I had an ounce of creativity in my blood, I'd give it a shot, too. But I am enjoying watching these new versions. |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-23-2009 01:00 AM
Thanks Rich. Now that I look at the 'night' photo on a different computer, I see that the black sky around Haise's head isn't even. It is on my monitor at home... |
Ken Havekotte Member Posts: 2915 From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 03-23-2009 06:45 AM
Ed -- The night version is an original, correct? I have a series of similar 8x10s from the Broadway collection of the backup crew posed with the Saturn at Pad 39A. I think there were about 2-4 different versions. If need be, I can recheck them. |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-23-2009 07:35 AM
Ken, the night-version is ALMOST an original. I have about 8-10 shots of the Apollo 8 prime and backups crews posing with the Saturn 5. All I did was paste Haise into the spot where Borman was standing. He was actually kneeling with Armstrong and Aldrin in this view. |
carmelo Member Posts: 1047 From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 03-23-2009 04:15 PM
quote: Originally posted by heng44: Never seen one...
This is strange, no? Apollo 11 was THE MISSION.
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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-24-2009 01:39 AM
I am sure that somewhere in the archives there are informal training photos of the three, but so far I haven't seen them yet. |
golddog Member Posts: 210 From: australia Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 03-24-2009 03:10 AM
Those are great fun photos and I enjoyed looking at them. To make them even more realistic, in the suited photo Lovell should be wearing an EVA suit and not the CMP suit. I think Haise was the BCMP for A11, but if not either he or Anders should be wearing the intravehicular suit with the single side of connectors like Lovell. I hope you can find a real one to post too. |
MadSci Member Posts: 226 From: Maryland, USA Registered: Oct 2008
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posted 04-17-2009 06:19 PM
quote: Originally posted by heng44: I am sure that somewhere in the archives there are informal training photos of the three, but so far I haven't seen them yet.
NASA has a few on in the Apollo Image Gallery: 1 | 2 | 3 There are a few other groupings, mostly during outdoor Geology Training. |