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Topic: Photo of the week 782 (October 19, 2019)
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heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-19-2019 03:30 AM
   
 The prime and backup crews for Apollo 2 pose with MIT engineers during a training session with the Apollo navigation equipment at the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory on October 19, 1966. Front row (left to right): Wally Schirra, prime command pilot; Walt Cunningham, prime pilot; Donn Eisele, prime senior pilot; Tom Stafford, backup senior pilot; Mike Collins, backup pilot; and Frank Borman, backup command pilot. Middle row (left to right): Russel Larson, Balraj Socappa, Wayne Templeman, Jerry Levine, Duson Alexander 'Alex' Koso, James 'Jim' Nevins and David Hoag. Back row (left to right): Ralph Ragan, Malcolm Johnston, Jack Dunbar, Jack Schellingfurd, unknown, John Dunbar, Dan Lickly and Ivan Johnson. Apollo 2 was cancelled after the Apollo 1 fire. |
Delta7
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From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 10-19-2019 10:37 AM
Actually that Apollo 2 mission was canceled prior to the Apollo 1 fire, in late 1966. Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham were reassigned as backup crew for Apollo 1.Cool pic. |
heng44
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posted 10-19-2019 12:34 PM
You are right, of course. I meant to say that after the fire there would be no manned Apollo 2 or 3, for which crews had already been selected before the fire. |
Delta7
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From: Bluffton IN USA
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posted 10-19-2019 01:50 PM
It's a matter of historical record that Wally Schirra thought that mission was an unnecessary repeat of Apollo 1 and was quite vocal with his opinion. His face kind of says it all.  |
Tom
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From: New York
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 10-19-2019 03:57 PM
Great photo, Ed... thanks for sharing.
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ejectr
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From: Killingly, CT
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posted 10-20-2019 08:49 AM
Were these engineers from MIT Draper Labs? I used to sell them CNC machines in the 1980's. |
Fra Mauro
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From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 10-20-2019 12:58 PM
It's always nice to see the "people behind the scenes" of the space program. |
dtemple
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From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 10-20-2019 01:01 PM
I am so used to Facebook, that every time one of these photos is posted, for an instant, I look for the "like" button!  |
heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 10-20-2019 02:16 PM
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Originally posted by ejectr:
Were these engineers from MIT Draper Labs?
Yes, that is correct. |
PJ Downunder
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From: Lancefield, Victoria Australia
Registered: May 2015
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posted 10-29-2019 03:33 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Delta7:
Actually that Apollo 2 mission was canceled prior to the Apollo 1 fire, in late 1966. Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham were reassigned as backup crew for Apollo 1.Cool pic.
and so ending Collins' one chance of walking on the moon. |
Henry Heatherbank
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From: Adelaide, South Australia
Registered: Apr 2005
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posted 10-29-2019 04:23 AM
quote:
Originally posted by PJ Downunder:
...and so ending Collins' one chance of walking on the moon.
As LMP. Of course, he was informally offered command of Apollo 17 in late 1969/early 1970 but turned it down. |
Ken Havekotte
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From: Merritt Island, Florida, Brevard
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 10-29-2019 05:41 AM
The flight crew for the Apollo 2 mission (second manned Apollo flight) were first named on Sept. 29, 1966. Apollo 2 had been planned as an open-ended Earth orbital mission up to 14 days with increased emphasis on scientific experiments as well as the repeating of some activities from the first manned flight. Apparently Schirra did prevail with his argument in November 1966 of not flying Apollo 2 at all, with top NASA management approving Apollo 2's cancellation altogether. |
ManInSpace
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From: Brooklin, Ontario Canada
Registered: Feb 2018
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posted 10-29-2019 09:49 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Henry Heatherbank:
Of course, he was informally offered command of Apollo 17 in late 1969/early 1970 but turned it down.
Actually Collins wrote in his autobiography that he was offered (and declined) the 17 CDR slot prior to Apollo 11 when he and Slayton were both flying back to Houston from a training session at the Cape. He had in fact already decided to retire; but wasn't going to release the news until after the flight. |
Delta7
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From: Bluffton IN USA
Registered: Oct 2007
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posted 10-29-2019 01:44 PM
As Collins wrote in "Carrying The Fire," he was "promoted" (the quote marks were his) from LMP to CMP after the cancellation of Apollo 2. And Deke Slayton in "Deke" stated that he considered Borman, Stafford and Collins a potential lunar landing crew. |
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