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Topic: Photo of the week 576 (November 7, 2015)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 11-07-2015 03:22 AM
   
 Apollo 14 backup lunar module pilot Joe Engle poses in the suit room at the Kennedy Space Center with his children, 8-year-old Jon and 11-year-old Laurie. |
Kite
Member Posts: 831
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 11-07-2015 04:11 AM
Lovely photo Ed. What a let down for him when he lost his place on Apollo 17 but reacted like the true professional that he is with dignity. He still had a stellar career what with the X-15 and Space Shuttle programmes. Number one on my list of astronauts that I haven't met but would really love to. |
Kite
Member Posts: 831
From: Northampton UK
Registered: Nov 2009
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posted 11-07-2015 04:19 AM
Further to above I seem to remember reading that his biggest disappointment was telling his children that he wouldn't be going to the Moon. |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 11-07-2015 04:53 AM
How lucky were those youngsters ... something I imagine they'll remember even if they are now in their 50s. Sweet photo Ed.  |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 11-07-2015 05:35 AM
Great photo! Those spacesuit look pretty accurate! |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 11-07-2015 08:03 AM
The Apollo 9 LMP flight suit #015 was re-used as the Apollo 14 BLMP training suit. So Joe Engle might be wearing Rusty Schweickart's EVA suit in the photo. |
328KF
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Registered: Apr 2008
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posted 11-07-2015 10:29 AM
Engle is one of the most personable guys you could ever meet. He makes total strangers feel like old friends. I've been to several of his X-15 and shuttle presentations, where he is great with signing. The day they unveiled SpaceShipOne at the Smithsonian, I spotted him in the crowd smiling while Rutan and Paul Allen were on stage. A real class act. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 11-11-2015 01:34 AM
Superb Ed... I believe this is the kind of image we might expect in the book: "Moonshots and Snapshots of Project Apollo: A Rare Photographic History"? |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 11-13-2015 07:03 PM
What is the machine that they are standing in front of? |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 11-13-2015 08:46 PM
I think it's for checking suit integrity, pressures, etc. |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 11-28-2015 10:52 AM
Awesome photo! Still wish that Joe could of have walked on the Moon with Gene on Apollo 17. Just wish that Joe would write a book about his Air Force and NASA careers. |
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