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heng44
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posted 04-16-2016 01:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

A photo of the week on 16 April 2016 can only be an Apollo 16 photo! Lunar module pilot Charlie Duke prepares for a nice day, 44 years ago.

moorouge
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posted 04-16-2016 01:11 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for moorouge   Click Here to Email moorouge     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Perhaps his pensive look having seen the smiley behind him means he is thinking, "Oh, I do hope so!"

COR482932
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posted 04-16-2016 06:05 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for COR482932   Click Here to Email COR482932     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Love it!

randy
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posted 04-16-2016 10:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for randy   Click Here to Email randy     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
It never ceases to amaze me how you can come up with such fantastic photos! I wish I had a photo collection like yours.

heng44
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posted 04-16-2016 01:09 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
My photo files are the result of 50 years of collecting. There are new additions almost every day. Of course I get a lot of help from my friends...

Philip
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posted 04-17-2016 11:20 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great photo and I like the photos of the Apollo 16 astronauts near the smiley face...

One should believe that the "smiley" was a product of the 1970s, however the first yellow faces appeared in 1948! Interesting to check out which logos, other than the mission logo, were put on the walls during suiting up:

  • Apollo 7: none?
  • Apollo 8: none?
  • Apollo 9: none?
  • Apollo 10: Snoopy All systems are go!
  • Apollo 11: none?
  • Apollo 12: none?
  • Apollo 13: none?
  • Apollo 14: none?
  • Apollo 15: none?
  • Apollo 16: Smiley face... Have a nice day!
  • Apollo 17: ...Only a Beginning

Wehaveliftoff
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posted 04-20-2016 07:46 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Wehaveliftoff     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow, week 600 coming up already... wonder what will it be about?

LM-12
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posted 04-20-2016 08:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Both Apollo 17 launch day photos KSC-72P-545 and 72-H-1516 show partially hidden signs that may be mission-related.

Philip
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posted 04-21-2016 08:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ed checked this out and the Apollo 10 sign was put up during the training, not during actual launch day...

garymilgrom
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posted 04-21-2016 08:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for garymilgrom   Click Here to Email garymilgrom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Terrific Ed! 16/16/16

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