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heng44
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posted 03-21-2009 03:52 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

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

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posted 03-21-2009 08:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for carmelo   Click Here to Email carmelo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Any official photo of Apollo 11 back crew?

heng44
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posted 03-22-2009 04:21 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Never seen one...

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posted 03-22-2009 07:04 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ejectr   Click Here to Email ejectr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That looks like Joe Schmitt in back of Guenter.

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posted 03-22-2009 08:32 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for dwmzmm   Click Here to Email dwmzmm     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by ejectr:
That looks like Joe Schmitt in back of Guenter.

I thought it might be Buzz Aldrin....

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heng44
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posted 03-22-2009 08:55 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
No, it is indeed suit tech Joe Schmitt.

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posted 03-22-2009 11:43 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for robsouth     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
An Apollo 11 backup crew photo could look like this,

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posted 03-22-2009 12:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for ejectr   Click Here to Email ejectr     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
WOW! There's a story that could be told right there.

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posted 03-22-2009 03:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Or how about this?

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posted 03-22-2009 09:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for rjurek349   Click Here to Email rjurek349     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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
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posted 03-23-2009 01:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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
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posted 03-23-2009 06:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ken Havekotte   Click Here to Email Ken Havekotte     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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
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posted 03-23-2009 07:35 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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.

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posted 03-23-2009 04:15 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for carmelo   Click Here to Email carmelo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by heng44:
Never seen one...
This is strange, no? Apollo 11 was THE MISSION.

heng44
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posted 03-24-2009 01:39 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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.

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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.

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posted 04-17-2009 06:19 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MadSci     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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.

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