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Topic: Photo of the week 830 (September 19, 2020)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3457
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 09-19-2020 02:35 AM
   
 B.R. Schuster, McDonnell Aircraft engineering draftsman, paints the "Faith 7" logo on Mercury spacecraft 20 shortly before Gordon Cooper's Mercury-Atlas 9 mission in May 1963. |
ColinBurgess
Member Posts: 2061
From: Sydney, Australia
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 09-19-2020 04:20 AM
Ed, I know someone will ask the question, so I'll just state that Cece Bibby did not paint this final Mercury spacecraft logo as she left NASA in 1962 and relocated to California.When compiling my book "Faith 7" I did include this photo but like Ed I was never able to discover Mr. Schuster's first name. Does anyone know what it is? |
NavyPilot
Member Posts: 50
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Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 09-19-2020 11:14 AM
Colin, we discussed this topic a while back. The Apollo Mission Photos site interestingly lists the draftsman as R.R. Schuster, but that is an equally unproductive internet search. I was unable to locate anyone at Boeing STL who could gain access to any employee lists from 1963. Here is an alternate shot in the white room. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3477
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-19-2020 12:00 PM
It looks to me like both photos were taken in Hangar S and not at the pad. |
PeterO
Member Posts: 413
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-19-2020 12:04 PM
I don't think the photos were taken in the White Room on LC 14. The spacecraft appears to be sitting on a support fixture, rather than being attached to a booster adapter with a Marman clamp. The curved white line below the insignia shows where the Marman clamp's aerodynamic cover will go. The right edge of the instrument panel can be seen hanging outside of the hatch also. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3477
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 09-19-2020 01:55 PM
The "Faith 7" logo might have been painted in this room in Hangar S. Spacecraft 20 can be seen in the background next to what looks like a corrugated hangar door, which is also seen in the POTW. |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 432
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 09-20-2020 07:02 AM
Is the control switch panel hanging by and just forward of Schuster's head part of the spacecraft or part of Hanger S electronics or controls (such as for hanger door operation, lights, fans, etc.)? |
PeterO
Member Posts: 413
From: North Carolina
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-20-2020 07:48 AM
The panel is the right side portion of the spacecraft's instrument panel. It's the panel to the right of the periscope in this image. The two images don't show the rest of the panel, so it could be the entire instrument panel. |
space1
Member Posts: 881
From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 09-20-2020 07:49 AM
The right section of the control panel is hanging above the hatchway the same way as we see here with Schirra in Sigma 7, also in Hangar S. This section was designed to be removable to ease spacecraft entry and exit. (The sign below the hatchway says, "Empty pockets before entering capsule.") |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1791
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 09-20-2020 10:12 AM
quote:
Originally posted by ColinBurgess:
I was never able to discover Mr. Schuster's first name.
I've looked vastly. Can't find a thing other than B.R. |
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