Photo of the week 736 (December 1, 2018)

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Author	Topic: Photo of the week 736 (December 1, 2018)
heng44 Member Posts: 3387 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 11-30-2018 01:46 PM Half a century ago this week, the Apollo 9 spacecraft (CSM-104/LM-3/SLA-12A) was moved into the Vehicle Assembly Building to be mated with Saturn 5 launch vehicle AS-504 on mobile launcher MLP-2 in High Bay 3. At left is the first stage of the Apollo 10 launcher (S-IC-5) being readied to begin stacking of AS-505 on MLP-3 in High Bay 2. These were busy times at KSC.
APG85 Member Posts: 306 From: Registered: Jan 2008	posted 11-30-2018 05:36 PM Great picture. I was lucky enough to see Apollo 9 on the pad as a little boy with my grandparents.
Philip Member Posts: 5952 From: Brussels, Belgium Registered: Jan 2001	posted 12-01-2018 04:25 AM Appreciate these hardware photos... thanks Ed!
perineau Member Posts: 218 From: FRANCE Registered: Jul 2007	posted 12-01-2018 05:59 AM I second the motion!
Jonnyed Member Posts: 396 From: Dumfries, VA, USA Registered: Aug 2014	posted 12-01-2018 08:59 PM Agree. Love these photos Ed. In particular, I love the photos that depict the size of humans in relation to the giant machinery, like this photo does. Just awesome.

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