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heng44
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posted 06-19-2020 12:21 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Skylab 4 commander Gerry Carr poses at the Johnson Space Center in Houston in 1974. No further info.

Rick Mulheirn
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posted 06-19-2020 01:59 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Mulheirn   Click Here to Email Rick Mulheirn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks Ed. An incongruous juxstaposition of technologies.

LM-12
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posted 06-19-2020 02:33 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
So this would be a post-flight photo. I wonder if he was suited up for another reason, or just to take the photo.

Rolf
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posted 06-19-2020 03:22 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rolf   Click Here to Email Rolf     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Primary suit 626?

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quote:
Originally posted by Rick Mulheirn:
incongruous juxstaposition of technologies.
Impressive wordsmithing.

LM-12
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posted 06-19-2020 08:46 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for LM-12     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by Rolf:
Primary suit 626?

It looks like it says G. Carr on his name tag, so I do not think it is his primary suit. It is probably the same suit he wore in the Skylab 4 crew photo ("Class III Not for Flight"). That also had a G. Carr name tag.

It could be Lousma's flown suit 635, which was reused as Carr's backup suit.

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Thanks for the explanation, I agree with your conclusion.

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