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Topic: Photo of the week 714 (June 30, 2018)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-29-2018 12:36 PM
   
 Apollo-Saturn AS-205, the launch vehicle for Apollo 7, is seen on Launch Complex 34 during a swing arm test in late June 1968. Note that the launcher is topped by the Spacecraft-LM Adapter (SLA-5) only. The spacecraft (CSM-101) was still undergoing tests in the KSC altitude chamber at the time the photo was taken. |
Steven Kaplan
Member Posts: 140
From: New Jersey
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 06-29-2018 01:07 PM
Ed, the photos you come up with are so interesting — thank you for the effort each week. |
ManInSpace
Member Posts: 114
From: Brooklin, Ontario Canada
Registered: Feb 2018
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posted 06-29-2018 01:51 PM
I would also like to thank you, Ed.These postings show a different aspect of space exploration's history and the subsequent comments add to our knowledge of the item(s) in question. |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1587
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 06-29-2018 05:22 PM
I love your photos — they have a unique perspective. In this photo my eyes fix on the launch pedestal, all that is left of Pad 34 today. |
AlanC
Member Posts: 147
From: Scotland
Registered: Nov 2014
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posted 06-29-2018 05:38 PM
Yet another great image — thanks for sharing these. |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 06-29-2018 07:25 PM
These photos, with the specific dates, also really make me remember the national context in which the photos were taken.For example, for this particular photo, Bobby Kennedy had just been assassinated a couple of weeks earlier. Imagine the "general black cloud" hanging over the workers as they work on this exciting project but with heavy hearts. What times they were. |
Tom
Member Posts: 1597
From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 07-01-2018 08:14 AM
Great photo, Ed... thank you!! |
astro-nut
Member Posts: 946
From: Washington, IL
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 07-20-2018 03:19 PM
Another great photo, Ed. Thank you for sharing. I love seeing photos of Launch Pad 34. The good ole days when there were activities at the pads. |
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