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Topic: Photo of the week 652 (April 22, 2017)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 04-22-2017 02:28 AM
   
 STS-1 backup astronauts Joe Engle (left) and Dick Truly pose inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at KSC on December 18, 1980, prior to participating in a return to launch site abort simulation aboard Space Shuttle Columbia, partly visible behind them. The exercise was part of the Shuttle Interface Test prior to rollout to the launch pad. |
Chuckster01
Member Posts: 874
From: Orlando, FL
Registered: Jan 2014
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posted 04-22-2017 03:20 AM
It would seem to be very rare to have a two man crew stay together through so much of the shuttle program (ALT - STS-2). Are there any other crews that stayed together for a substantial amount of time or through multiple missions? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-22-2017 08:47 AM
Sally Ride flew both of her flights (STS-7, STS-41G) with Bob Crippen. Jim Lovell and Frank Borman flew together on Gemini 7 and Apollo 8. Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan flew together on Gemini 9 and Apollo 10. Pete Conrad and Dick Gordon flew together on Gemini 11 and Apollo 12. Fyodor Yurchikhin and Peggy Whitson are currently sharing time aboard the International Space Station for their third time together. (Yurchikhin launched on STS-112, arriving at the space station during Whitson's Expedition 5 stay. Whitson and Yurchikhin then spent 10 days together during the handover between Expedition 15 and 16. And now they are on the Expedition 51/52 crew together.) For many more examples, see: Astronaut crew members on multiple flights. |
Hart Sastrowardoyo
Member Posts: 3445
From: Toms River, NJ
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 04-22-2017 11:43 AM
As for a "substantial amount of time," I would guess the STS-107 and Expedition 1 crews trained for a longer than usual time, due to delays. Pre-Challenger, you have the 61E crew which largely stayed intact until launching as STS-35 (as late as 1989 McBride was still listed as CDR!) Post-Columbia, you have the STS-114, 115, and 116 crews which also largely stayed together and pretty much flew with minimal changes. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 04-22-2017 04:39 PM
When you look at the time when the OFT crews were named there were not to many of the Apollo era pilot Astronauts left. Both ALT crews would have flow OFT flights if the shuttle would have launched when it was originally planed. |
carmelo
Member Posts: 1047
From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 04-26-2017 09:28 AM
The white "NASA worm" on blue ground was official? Is not provided by the NASA standards graphic manual.
For flight and space suits the only official "worm" was red on white ground. I think that the "worm" never be liked at astronauts; so they "invented" the not official white on blue worm and started to wear the, at time, obsolete "meatball." |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-26-2017 09:41 AM
The white logotype against the blue of the astronauts' flight suits is compliant with what the graphics manual states: Against a black or very dark color background, the logotype should always be shown in white....The logotype should never be shown in NASA red against a black or very dark background. The guide does include the red worm on white background patch for use on NASA uniforms and the STS-2 crew wore that version as well. |
carmelo
Member Posts: 1047
From: Messina, Sicilia, Italia
Registered: Jun 2004
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posted 04-26-2017 01:19 PM
But the brown-gold pressure suits that the astronauts dressed from STS-1 to STS-4 were dark too as the blue flight suits. Why the "worm" was not white on brown-orange ground in this case? |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-26-2017 01:32 PM
It may be no more complicated than different suits, different logo applications. |
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