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Topic: Photo of the week 540 (February 28, 2015)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 02-28-2015 02:48 AM
   
 Fifty years ago, Gemini 3 astronauts Gus Grissom and John Young were in the final stages of their training for the first US two-man flight. They are shown here entering the mission simulator at the Mission Control Center at Cape Kennedy. |
space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 02-28-2015 08:36 AM
I'm glad this is only the simulator. Young is stepping in the area where No One Dare Step (a fragile aluminum plate at the bottom of the hatchway). |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 02-28-2015 06:23 PM
That simulator is now at the Astronaut Hall of Fame outside of Cape Canaveral, Fla. |
space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 02-28-2015 10:41 PM
I believe the one at the Astronaut Hall of Fame is the zero-g trainer, not this fully functioning simulator. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 03-01-2015 11:45 AM
Interesting that they have the visor covers normally used for the EVA astronaut. These must have been their actual flight spacesuits. |
Lou Chinal
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From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 03-01-2015 04:20 PM
Okay, I'll defer to you. I noticed inside the cabin some hand holds.Interesting all of the Grissom-Young training photos shows them wearing silver suits. Only the gloves and boots are of an earlier era. This photo must have been very close to the launch. Any date, Ed? |
heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-03-2015 04:40 AM
February 1965. The Gemini photos I'll be posting will be from exactly 50 years ago, give or take a day or two. |
space1
Member Posts: 853
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 03-03-2015 05:50 AM
This is the trainer at the Astronaut Hall of Fame (circa 2011). It was modified from the Gemini Program configuration to the Air Force Gemini-B configuration (addition of heatshield hatch, modification of seats, etc.). You can see that this trainer is made for serious mounting to a base, needed for the zero-g flights. The mission simulator starring in the Photo of the Week has a base that tilts up for astronaut comfort during long training sessions. I do not know where the mission simulator may be today. |
dabolton
Member Posts: 419
From: Seneca, IL, US
Registered: Jan 2009
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posted 03-03-2015 10:18 AM
Who could have predicted that John Young would have been the longest astronaut in history at 42 years. He looks like an excited rookie here. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 03-03-2015 11:38 PM
He was an excited rookie there. |
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