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heng44
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posted 09-17-2016 03:01 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Astronaut Bill Pogue, a member of the Apollo 11 support crew, goes through LM-5/LM-6 configuration stowage review at the Grumman plant in December 1968 to test procedures for Apollo 11 and 12.

Rick Mulheirn
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posted 09-17-2016 04:00 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Mulheirn   Click Here to Email Rick Mulheirn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Superb! Thank you.

Philip
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posted 09-17-2016 07:28 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Aaaah the red helmet.

Ronpur
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posted 09-17-2016 06:16 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Ronpur   Click Here to Email Ronpur     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Some astronauts flew and got all the fame, while so many others worked just as hard to support them!

I love photos that record this.

Lou Chinal
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posted 09-19-2016 02:35 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Lou Chinal   Click Here to Email Lou Chinal     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The only time I've seen a red helmet other than Apollo 9.

carmelo
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posted 09-20-2016 09:54 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for carmelo   Click Here to Email carmelo     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Bill Pogue, CMP on Apollo 19!

Robert Pearlman
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posted 09-20-2016 10:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Lou Chinal:
The only time I've seen a red helmet other than Apollo 9.
This photo of Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 LEVA (from here) reveals the red helmet cover.

DG27
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posted 09-22-2016 05:57 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for DG27   Click Here to Email DG27     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes the inner shell of the LEVA and the shell of the EVVA were both red. However, the design and shape were different.

The EVVA as used on Apollo 9 and for the LTA-8 chamber test used a close fitting shell over the bubble helmet. On the outside of the shell were the pivot attachments for the sun visors.

On the other hand the LEVA that was used on Apollo 11 had the visors on the inside of the shell so the shell was enlarged and had a step in it so that it fit closely around the base of the bubble helmet but then stepped out to go on the outside of the sun visors. The LEVA has the beta cloth covered multi-layer TMG on the outside of the enlarged shell.

The EVVA design was a hold over from the A6L suit with the HT-1 Nomex neck skirt replaced with Betacloth. I believe the LEVA offered better protection for the astronaut especially for longer exposures to the thermal environment and micro-meteroids. I am sure there is an interesting story about the change from EVVA to LEVA but I have never found any information on the design change.

A very cool photo, one that I had not seen before. Many thanks for posting it.

garymilgrom
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posted 09-22-2016 09:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for garymilgrom   Click Here to Email garymilgrom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I never knew those parts were red. Thanks for the photos Robert. Hi Lou!

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