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Topic: Photo of the week 565 (August 22, 2015)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 08-21-2015 02:58 PM
   
 Five astronauts pose with a T-38 at NASA's Flight Research Center in California, in December 1975. Left to right are: Deke Slayton, Dave Scott (who was FRC Director at the time), Vance Brand, Alan Bean and Joe Engle. |
Jurg Bolli
Member Posts: 977
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 08-21-2015 06:40 PM
Very nice, wish I could have been there! |
KenDavis
Member Posts: 187
From: W.Sussex United Kingdom
Registered: May 2003
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posted 08-22-2015 02:46 AM
What a picture: three astronaut groups; one of the original seven Mercury astronauts; one Gemini flight; three Apollo flights including two lunar landings; two Skylab/ASTP flights; two shuttle flights.Manned spaceflight history in one picture.
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KenDavis
Member Posts: 187
From: W.Sussex United Kingdom
Registered: May 2003
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posted 08-22-2015 03:29 AM
I've already spotted my own mistake — make that five shuttle flights — and that doesn't include the ALT flights that Engle flew on Enterprise. |
Ian Limbrey
Member Posts: 124
From: England
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 08-22-2015 04:34 AM
Interesting photograph especially with Deke Slayton standing next to Dave Scott!! Slayton reprimanded Scott and the other two Apollo 15 crew members over the stamp issue and removed them from 'back-up duties'for Apollo 17 but were subsequently (and quite rightly) cleared of any wrong doing! |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 08-22-2015 08:32 AM
Some X-15 history there also. |
albatron
Member Posts: 2732
From: Stuart, Florida
Registered: Jun 2000
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posted 08-22-2015 07:57 PM
An excellent photo. The covers issue was more Kraft than Deke. Scott had moved on to be director of Dryden by this time. Here's my copy of the photo. |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 08-22-2015 08:57 PM
I like this photo very much. What was the occasion? |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 08-24-2015 08:22 AM
I always liked the mustard colored jackets/flight suits the astronauts wore. Around what timeframe were they phased out in the astronaut office? |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 08-24-2015 08:20 PM
And in addition to the mustard color on the boys, Vance Brand is wearing a "vanilla" shaded jumpsuit under his mustard jacket. What fashion.Note that Slayton seems to be the only one wearing shoulder straps at the time -- chute? Is he the one who just flew in on that T-38? |
golddog
Member Posts: 210
From: australia
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 08-24-2015 10:16 PM
Given that Slayton is also holding a flight helmet (in bag) that is highly likely. |
randy
Member Posts: 2176
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 08-24-2015 10:19 PM
Sure looks like it to me too. |
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