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Topic: Photo of the week 503 (June 14, 2014)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-14-2014 01:10 AM
   
 Thirty years ago today, the STS-41D crew walked out of the O&C Building at KSC to participate in a practice countdown for their mission, scheduled for launch no earlier than June 22. |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 06-14-2014 04:40 AM
ZOO CREW!  Last mission I saw land at Edwards as a kid. Is that George Abbey, next to John Young, right behind them? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-14-2014 04:47 AM
Yep. Along with Rick Nygren and Jim Schlosser. |
NavySpaceFan
Member Posts: 655
From: Norfolk, VA
Registered: May 2007
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posted 06-14-2014 06:03 AM
DISCOVERY's plankowners! |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 06-14-2014 06:25 AM
Also, Ed, I really wouldn't mind if you just posted pics from 1984 this year. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-14-2014 12:30 PM
Oh, I have a lot more in store from 1984. It was a good year, wasn't it? |
GoesTo11
Member Posts: 1309
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 06-14-2014 02:06 PM
Oh, yes. That was the peak. With all due respect to the later legacy and accomplishments of the program, to me that was the shuttle at its most promising and ambitious.My generation of space geeks grew up painfully not long after that, but I'll never forget how exhilarating that time felt.  |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 06-14-2014 05:14 PM
Took this photo of the 41-D crew (minus Steve Hawley) during astronaut arrival, T-3 days, at the SLF.  Maybe we should have a separate thread dedicated to 1984 and the space shuttle program? |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 06-14-2014 05:41 PM
From January 1984 to December of 1985 was a great time for Shuttle fans. |
Greggy_D
Member Posts: 977
From: Michigan
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 06-14-2014 08:21 PM
I agree 100%. Those were the true "golden age" years of the shuttle. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 06-17-2014 07:46 AM
Hank Hartsfield was the first astronaut I ever met, before his first flight on STS-4. Later, I saw him and Ken Mattingly tour a space exhibit at the old Gimbels department store in NY. A more gracious, amiable person you could not meet, and accomodating to fellow space philatelists. |
carmelo
Member Posts: 1047
From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 06-17-2014 03:35 PM
From April 1981 to December of 1985 was a great time for Shuttle fans. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 07-07-2014 08:21 PM
Recently went back to review my images taken during astronaut arrival and noticed that they all seemed to have different patches on the right shoulders of their flight suits. Mullane and Resnik wore the astronaut Class of '78 patch. Payload specialist Walker had a rectangular MacDac patch. Pilot Coats wore the official 41-D patch. Cdr Hartsfield had an STS-4 patch. And finally, mission specialist Hawley wore what appears to be an STS-7 patch, perhaps in tribute to Sally Ride. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 08-31-2014 12:50 PM
In tribute to the 30th anniversary of the maiden flight of space shuttle Discovery.This photo was taken with a Canon A1 35mm camera using Kodak 100 film. Location was a VIP viewing site a bit southeast of the VAB.  |
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