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Topic: Photo of the week 867 (June 5, 2021)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3506
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-04-2021 02:30 PM
   
 Astronaut Wally Schirra is seen going through pre-flight tests inside Mercury spacecraft 16 at Cape Canaveral's Launch Pad 14. His backup Gordon Cooper is observing the test from the bascule on the gantry. The photo was taken in late September 1962, about a week before Mercury-Atlas 8. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1839
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-05-2021 10:34 AM
Was this before the Sigma 7 artifact was painted on the spacecraft? I don't see it. |
NavyPilot
Member Posts: 57
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Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 06-05-2021 11:09 AM
The mission emblem was painted just out of sight beyond the hatch (clockwise looking down), as were the others, so it can't be verified with this photo. |
ejectr
Member Posts: 1839
From: Killingly, CT
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 06-05-2021 11:58 AM
That's right, just under the window. Thanks. |
tlifan2
Member Posts: 53
From: Palm Coast, Florida
Registered: Feb 2014
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posted 06-05-2021 12:27 PM
The image shows Sigma 7 being hoisted to mate with the Atlas booster. It appears that the logo already present. My theory is that after Friendship 7, all of the logos were done in the white room in Hangar S. The pad leader did not want anyone except essential personnel in the LC 14 white room.  |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 46395
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 06-05-2021 12:38 PM
This still from footage of Cece Bibby painting the Sigma 7 logo shows she and the spacecraft are inside the hangar. |
Joel Katzowitz
Member Posts: 836
From: Marietta GA USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 06-05-2021 03:51 PM
It's nice to see project Mercury get some love. |
NavyPilot
Member Posts: 57
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Registered: Nov 2015
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posted 06-05-2021 06:12 PM
From 2012: Cece Bibby, artist behind NASA's Mercury space capsule logos, dies. |
Ian Limbrey
Member Posts: 152
From: England
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 06-06-2021 02:09 AM
Two great heroes! |
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