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Topic: Photo of the week 757 (April 27, 2019)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 04-26-2019 12:52 PM
   
 Half a century ago this week, the Apollo 10 crew answered questions from the news media during their preflight press conference in Houston. Tom Stafford, John Young and Gene Cernan (left to right) show their mission emblem, designed by North American artist Allen Stevens. |
Starfighter1
Member Posts: 95
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Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 04-26-2019 01:11 PM
Yet another excellent photo from 50 years ago. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1751
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-27-2019 10:13 AM
Ed, you have no idea what bringing these photos back to our memories means. Show them to selected youngsters today and they couldn't even tell you their names. Thanks for keeping it fresh for us. |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 04-27-2019 02:29 PM
I guess the lapel pins would have been the gold "astronaut pins"... |
randyc
Member Posts: 779
From: Chandler, AZ USA
Registered: May 2003
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posted 04-27-2019 02:58 PM
Is there a 'story' behind why the two missions that Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan flew on together, Gemini 9 and Apollo 10, had mission emblems shaped like a shield? |
Henry Heatherbank
Member Posts: 244
From: Adelaide, South Australia
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 04-27-2019 07:20 PM
I have often wondered this too. In my view, Apollo 10 was one of the best crews ever assembled. |
Mike Dixon
Member Posts: 1397
From: Kew, Victoria, Australia
Registered: May 2003
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posted 04-27-2019 08:35 PM
Five flights behind and between them, no surprise. |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 04-28-2019 06:20 AM
What was done with these "astronaut-used" (fingerprints and all!) mission emblem wooden plaques after the press conferences and after the missions? Were they given to the mission commander? Were they kept by NASA and displayed in Houston? |
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