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Topic: Photo of the week 596 (March 26, 2016)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 03-26-2016 03:43 AM
   
 Exactly 46 years ago today, Jim Lovell (background), Ken Mattingly and Fred Haise (not shown) suit up for Apollo 13's countdown demonstration Test (CDDT) at the Kennedy Space Center. Lovell is talking to suit tech Clyde Teague. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 03-26-2016 08:51 AM
Ed, nice photo of Mattingly in Apollo 13 suit! |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 03-26-2016 11:01 AM
The only images I have seen that show Ken Mattingly wearing the Apollo 13 beta cloth mission patch on his suit are CDDT photos. |
uk spacefan
Member Posts: 168
From: London
Registered: Jan 2007
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posted 03-26-2016 11:43 AM
Nice photo Ed. No one could have imagined how events were to turn out for this mission. |
Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 03-26-2016 02:36 PM
Notice how they wear the Omega Speedmaster on different arm... |
golddog
Member Posts: 210
From: australia
Registered: Feb 2008
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posted 03-26-2016 07:03 PM
That's because Lovell is a Kack Hander!!!(Left handed for my non Australian mates) |
mach3valkyrie
Member Posts: 719
From: Albany, Oregon
Registered: Jul 2006
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posted 03-26-2016 08:17 PM
I wonder what became of Ken Mattingly's suit. Weren't they custom fitted to each individual? |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 03-26-2016 08:52 PM
I think Mattingly reused his Apollo 13 suit as his Apollo 16 training suit. He might be wearing it in photo S72-31046. Note the location of the NASA meatball. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 03-26-2016 10:30 PM
Per the Smithsonian's website and Amanda Young's book, Mattingly's Apollo 13 and/or Apollo 16 training suits are not in the National Air and Space Museum's collection.According to the chart posted by Rick Mulheirn in this thread, Mattingly's training suit for Apollo 16 was Dick Gordon's backup suit for Apollo 12 (s/n 059). |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3208
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 03-26-2016 11:22 PM
059 was also Mattingly's Apollo 13 primary suit. |
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