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Topic: Photo of the week 671 (September 2, 2017)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3621
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-01-2017 09:30 AM
   
 Gemini 7 prime and backup crews pose at Launch Pad 19 after slidewire training on November 23, 1965. Left to right are Ed White, Mike Collins, Jim Lovell and Frank Borman. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1657
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 09-01-2017 04:40 PM
Great photo, Ed!Too bad prime crew weren't in flight suits like the backup crew. |
Lasv3
Member Posts: 456
From: Bratislava, Slovakia
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted 09-02-2017 02:03 AM
Mike Collins looks like he did not enjoy the slidewire ride at all.  |
Headshot
Member Posts: 1129
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 09-02-2017 06:14 PM
Interesting image.One would never fly a mission of which he was not in command. The two backup crew members would perform somewhat successful EVAs during Gemini. Three would go to the moon, one of them twice, yet none would land. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3670
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-03-2017 06:18 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Tom:
Too bad prime crew weren't in flight suits like the backup crew.
Photo S65-41828 shows all four wearing the blue flight suits. Borman and Lovell did not have name tags on the flight suits they were wearing after the Gemini 7 splashdown. |
Philip
Member Posts: 6179
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 09-03-2017 09:43 AM
Great photo, would that be white nomex pilot underwear Borman wore? |
Tom
Member Posts: 1657
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 09-03-2017 10:56 AM
quote:
Originally posted by LM-12:
Photo S65-41828 shows all four wearing the blue flight suits.
Yes, thanks LM-12. That's the standard Gemini 7 crew photo. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3670
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 10-06-2022 03:09 PM
Here is some film footage of the egress training at the pad. All four astronauts are also seen wearing the Gemini 7 suit. |
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