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Topic: Photo of the week 454 (July 6, 2013)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-06-2013 02:52 AM
   
 The Apollo 10 crewmembers walk across swing arm no.9 high atop the LUT at Launch Complex 39B during a safety briefing on March 27, 1969. The crew inspected the slidewire facilities and used the chute that led to the 'rubber room' buried deep below the pad, where they could take shelter in case of an imminent explosion of the Saturn V launch vehicle. Ed Hengeveld |
Philip
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From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 07-06-2013 03:30 AM
Stafford is wearing the GTA-6 patch. |
heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 07-06-2013 04:35 AM
No, it is the Gemini 6 patch. |
Philip
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From: Brussels, Belgium
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posted 07-06-2013 06:47 AM
Were there two patches for Gemini 6? The patch on the crew photo says "GTA 6." |
Headshot
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From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 07-06-2013 07:16 AM
Stafford also has the Gemini IX patch too, just to the left (our view) of the Gemini 6 patch. |
Tom
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From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 07-06-2013 07:20 AM
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Originally posted by Philip:
Were there two patches for Gemini 6?
Yes there were two patches. This photo shows the patch that actually flew on "Gemini 6." |
heng44
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From: Netherlands
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posted 07-06-2013 09:39 AM
Philip, the GTA-6 emblem was for the Gemini-Titan-Agena mission that was scrubbed in October 1965 when the Agena was lost. The new emblem for the rendezvous mission with Gemini 7 had 'Gemini 6' in the emblem. |
328KF
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posted 07-06-2013 05:43 PM
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Originally posted by Tom:
This photo shows the patch that actually flew on "Gemini 6.
Looking at that photo, it's the first time I realized that both Stafford and Schirra were wearing their pilot wings on their suits. From this shot, they look like the regular metal uniform wings.I knew Conrad and Gordon had their Navy wings on, but in a patch version rather than the pin-on type. |
LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-06-2013 08:14 PM
Here is a closer photo of Tom Stafford also taken on March 27. |
LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 07-16-2013 07:48 PM
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Yes there were two patches.
This Gemini program summary photo with the crew signatures made the same mistake. It shows the "GTA-6" patch instead of the "Gemini 6" patch.The Agena spacecraft in the GTA-6 patch was replaced by a second Gemini spacecraft in the Gemini 6 patch. |
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