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Topic: Photo of the week 272 (January 16, 2010)
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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-16-2010 07:08 AM
Astronauts John Young (right) and Bob Crippen are performing a test on the flightdeck of the Space Shuttle Columbia, which at the time was in the Orbiter Processing Facility at KSC undergoing preparations for STS-1. Ed Hengeveld |
lm5eagle Member Posts: 429 From: Registered: Jul 2007
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posted 01-16-2010 08:27 AM
John Young proving he can smile (occasionally). It's a nice photo Ed. In fact, I wish I had seen it prior to the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation's mail-in signing for Bob Crippen. |
Greggy_D Member Posts: 977 From: Michigan Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-16-2010 09:47 AM
What a great picture! Ed, do you have the date this pic was taken? |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-16-2010 10:37 AM
quote: Originally posted by Greggy_D: Ed, do you have the date this pic was taken?
Yes, October 1, 1980.
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ilbasso Member Posts: 1522 From: Greensboro, NC USA Registered: Feb 2006
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posted 01-16-2010 10:57 AM
In these days when seven-person crews are the norm, it's hard to believe we flew the Shuttle with only two people on board! Those were two brave fellows...and when you read the stories of the near-disastrous things that happened on STS-1, you appreciate even more how brave they were. |
StarDome New Member Posts: From: Registered:
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posted 01-16-2010 11:06 AM
Great pics Ed as always.How about giving us a link each week to a hi-res version of each of the pics you post? |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-16-2010 02:36 PM
The pictures you see are posted in a Photobucket-account, where they are automatically downsized... |
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 01-16-2010 04:03 PM
Great ot see an image of the preparation of STS-1, and this year STS missions will become a thing of the past... |
StarDome New Member Posts: From: Registered:
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posted 01-16-2010 05:40 PM
Thanks Ed, no way of posting them a different way then? Or linking to the hi-res version? |
apolloprojeckt Member Posts: 1447 From: Arnhem, Netherlands Registered: Feb 2009
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posted 01-17-2010 01:59 AM
Yes very nice picture, I hope that NASA the last shuttle flight launch on 12-04-2011. Exactly one period of 30 years, NASA would brighten if they would do that... |
cspg Member Posts: 6210 From: Geneva, Switzerland Registered: May 2006
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posted 01-17-2010 08:00 AM
quote: Originally posted by StarDome: Thanks Ed, no way of posting them a different way then?
Buy the cd/dvd! |
RichieB16 Member Posts: 552 From: Oregon Registered: Feb 2003
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posted 01-17-2010 05:22 PM
I love this photo. Does anyone know if it is available on one of NASA's sites in high resolution? |
Apollo Redux Member Posts: 346 From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 01-17-2010 07:16 PM
Nice one. John Young the professional astronaut. Excellent. |
StarDome New Member Posts: From: Registered:
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posted 01-19-2010 12:22 PM
quote: Originally posted by cspg: Buy the cd/dvd!
I have every one of the discs that have been produced so far for all programmes, and this image was not on my STS-1 Disc.There had been an update of over 400 images to that STS-1 disc since I first bought mine, and this one was an update. New and updated disc on it's way soon. |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-19-2010 02:48 PM
I must admit that this particular image is not on the updated disc, as I edited out two techs standing in the background. The version without the technicians that I used for that purpose has Young and Crippen without helmets on. |
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posted 01-20-2010 01:41 AM
So can you email me a full scan so I can add it to my STS-1 disc please.Any more like it too? |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-20-2010 05:38 AM
Will do, Andy. No, this was the only one... |
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posted 01-22-2010 06:02 PM
Thanks Ed, very kind of you. |