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Topic: Photo of the week 377 (January 14, 2012)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-14-2012 01:35 AM
   
 Freedom 7's drogue parachute and its canister fall toward the Atlantic Ocean after stabilizing the spacecraft's descent and releasing the main chute at the conclusion of Alan Shepard's historic suborbital mission on May 5, 1961. This view was taken by an automatic camera through the spacecraft's porthole. Ed Hengeveld |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 2476
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 01-14-2012 04:09 AM
I have never seen that one, that is so cool. I love the high tech clock in the corner.  |
gliderpilotuk
Member Posts: 3398
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 01-14-2012 07:27 AM
Outstanding photo that I've never seen before. Thanks. |
Rick Boos
Member Posts: 851
From: Celina, Ohio
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 01-14-2012 08:24 AM
I have often wondered what ever happened to the canisters and why they are not reunited with the spacecrafts when the spacecrafts go on display. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 808
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 01-14-2012 08:50 AM
Coincidentally, I just received the MR-3 photo disc from Retro Space and saw that image yesterday for the first time.Great photo! |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 01-14-2012 11:10 AM
As far as I know, the only antenna canister and spacecraft to be reunited was Gemini 5. None used in the Mercury program were ever recovered. I did hear a story about Freedom 7's being picked up, but I never saw it. The black dot right below the drogue is the deployment bag for the main canopy. The antenna canister is hanging below on a 30 foot riser. The deployment bag also has a 30 foot riser, so it ended up right at the level the drogue canopy. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 01-14-2012 01:51 PM
Great to see these previously unviewed photos (by most of us). I believe the antenna canister/nosecone of Gemini 2 was recovered.I always look forward to the Saturday photo. Thanks Ed! |
Barry Ferguson
New Member Posts: 4
From: Rocky Mount, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted 01-15-2012 08:52 AM
The canster on Liberty Bell 7 was recovered and was shown on the recovery ship in Spacecraft Flims. |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 01-15-2012 10:17 AM
Barry, good to hear that. Do you know where it is now? |
Mike Z
Member Posts: 451
From: Ellicott City, Maryland
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 01-16-2012 09:03 AM
That was on my 7th birthday! That launch got me hooked on the space program. SEVEN years old!! Feels like it's been 107 years!! |
Barry Ferguson
New Member Posts: 4
From: Rocky Mount, VA USA
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted 01-16-2012 11:33 AM
Wish I knew, lots of artifacts storied somewhere over the years, wish they were put on display somewhere. |
Apollo Redux
Member Posts: 346
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Registered: Sep 2006
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posted 01-16-2012 08:50 PM
I have dozens of space exploration books, spanning the decades, and yet heng44 almost always posts one that I'm seeing for the first time.Outstanding....yet again! |
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