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Topic: Photo of the week 332 (March 12, 2011)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-11-2011 01:37 PM
   
 Frank Borman, backup command pilot for the Apollo 2 mission, checks out CM-014 at the North American plant in Downey, California, in November 1966. The mission was cancelled after the Apollo 1 fire in January 1967. Ed Hengeveld |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-11-2011 09:37 PM
Great photo, Ed.The crew assigned to back up Schirra's Apollo 2 crew was very experienced. It included Tom Stafford as senior pilot and Mike Collins as pilot. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 03-12-2011 05:11 AM
What's he wearing on his feet and at his feet? |
golddog
Member Posts: 210
From: australia
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 03-12-2011 05:42 AM
Cloth protective cap and foot covers - to prevent dirt and hair getting in the spacecraft. |
Delta7
Member Posts: 1505
From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 03-12-2011 06:08 AM
I believe the original Apollo 2 mission was cancelled before the Apollo fire. The Borman/Stafford/Collins crew was changed to Borman/Collins/Anders and assigned to Apollo 3 in December 1966. Stafford was assigned as backup CDR of the new Apollo 2 mission at that point. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-12-2011 09:21 AM
Schirra's Apollo 2 flight was officially cancelled on December 22, 1966.As Delta 7 mentioned, Borman's crew was then split up, freeing up Tom Stafford to command his own crew. |
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