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Topic: Photo of the week 575 (October 31, 2015)
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heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-31-2015 04:06 AM
Gemini 9 pilot Gene Cernan reads the morning newspaper during suiting up operations on May 17, 1966. The launch attempt this day was terminated at 10:26 a.m. due to a failure of the Agena target vehicle to reach orbit. |
mach3valkyrie Member Posts: 719 From: Albany, Oregon Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 10-31-2015 12:21 PM
Let's see, morning paper, then suit up, ride a Titan rocket into space, rendezvous with an Agena rocket, walk in space. Yep, looks like a busy day. Glad I ate a good breakfast. |
Wehaveliftoff Member Posts: 2343 From: Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 10-31-2015 06:58 PM
Was hoping for something a little more Spooky today. |
star61 Member Posts: 294 From: Bristol UK Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 11-01-2015 05:29 AM
The hand creeping up his leg... spooky enough for me! |
Delta7 Member Posts: 1505 From: Bluffton IN USA Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 11-01-2015 02:39 PM
The awesome career of Gene Cernan nonwithstanding, I can't help but imagine Charlie Bassett in that picture. |
Mike Dixon Member Posts: 1397 From: Kew, Victoria, Australia Registered: May 2003
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posted 11-01-2015 06:32 PM
...and a spacesuit no longer with us. |
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-02-2015 05:33 AM
quote: Originally posted by Wehaveliftoff: Was hoping for something a little more Spooky today.
Here is a spooky photo for you! |
Wehaveliftoff Member Posts: 2343 From: Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 11-03-2015 01:49 AM
Thanks Ed, not as spooky as my sis-in-law, but awesome pic. And I failed to see "Thing's hand" in the first pic. |