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Topic: Photo of the week 275 (February 6, 2010)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 02-06-2010 03:27 AM
   
 Crewmembers Glenn Kingsley (left) and Joe Gagliano are suiting up for a test of lunar module LTA-8 in the vacuum chamber at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston in May 1968. |
Lasv3
Member Posts: 473
From: Bratislava, Slovakia
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 02-06-2010 05:10 AM
Were these two guys employees of NASA or Grummann (or mixed)? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3710
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 02-06-2010 06:10 AM
Joe Gagliano was a veteran from MSC’s Flight Crew Support Division, who had also been involved in the CSM-008 vacuum chamber tests in 1966. Kingsley was one of a group of Grumman consulting pilots, who performed astronaut duties for tests where astronauts were unavailable. |
Lasv3
Member Posts: 473
From: Bratislava, Slovakia
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 02-06-2010 11:00 AM
Ed, thanks for the explanation. Both guys seem to be involved in a serious telepathic discussion.  |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1358
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 02-06-2010 03:15 PM
Joe: Can you hear me now?Glenn: Wha...What? Joe: can-you-hear-me? Glenn: What?? cannot hear you with the helmet on. (well, I thought its humourous) |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3469
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 02-06-2010 04:48 PM
Joe: Since it's similar to my first name, I'm signing the crew photo as Jim, you get to sign John's name.Glenn: You get to be Irwin again?! That's bull! Joe: No, you're Bull. |
328KF
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Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 02-06-2010 05:01 PM
Funny, when I first looked at it I thought of Wally's old joke about the American and Russian craft both landing on the moon at the same time.The astronaut and the cosmonaut bounce over to each other and click their helmets together and say, "Hello Hanz" "Hello Fritz" "Vee both speak Zerman now!" |
Apollo Redux
Member Posts: 346
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 02-11-2010 05:21 PM
Now that's an informative picture.
It makes sense, but I never even thought about it before - Astronaut stand-ins. |
Ianarchy
New Member Posts: 1
From: Carrollton, Georgia, USA
Registered: Jun 2015
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posted 06-26-2015 03:33 PM
Glenn Kingsley passed away on January 4, 2011. I had the pleasure of knowing him through our state's Master Gardener program. He was a Friend of Master Gardeners, and his wife, Jane, remains an active certified Master Gardener and weekly volunteer in our office. Glennon Mead Kingsley, II — or Mr. K, as he was known to many of us — was a fine fellow who enjoyed line dancing and telling stories of his many life-adventures, including his years with Grumman Aerospace and time spent in Iran. |
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