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Topic: STS Mission Profiles space shuttle magazine
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Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 10-16-2016 10:23 AM
   
I remember getting a magazine back in the early 90s for each shuttle flight. It was called "STS Mission Profiles." Each issue had the crew patch on the front and was filled with info on each flight. I think I got my first one at The Space Shop at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex and mail ordered the rest. They made an Apollo 11 issue as well. They were great to have in the days before the internet when you could download the press kit. I don't remember who made it. Does anyone else remember these? |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 10-16-2016 10:55 AM
I do remember these magazines but I would have to go into "the archives" to tell you who made it. I only kept the Apollo 11 special issue.The only thing I remember, though, is that they went out of business (and probably merged with Countdown magazine?) because the USPS couldn't deliver the magazines on time — to have the press kit after the flight made a lot less sense. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 10-16-2016 02:45 PM
Just pulled out the issue dedicated to the 100th US manned spaceflight, STS-70, and the subscription info printed says published by STS Mission Profiles of Memphis, TN. Nice magazine, together with the late Space Flight News, Final Frontier and others. |
jjknap
Member Posts: 273
From: Bourbonnais, IL USA
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 10-16-2016 05:04 PM
I used to subscribe to "Countdown." |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42981
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 10-16-2016 08:30 PM
Joe Lennox (cS: teachspace) has a gallery of STS Mission Profiles' covers and table of contents here. |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 10-16-2016 09:50 PM
Thanks, those are the ones I remember.
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Philip
Member Posts: 5952
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 10-19-2016 04:29 AM
Those were the days. |
Cozmosis22
Member Posts: 968
From: Texas * Earth
Registered: Apr 2011
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posted 10-19-2016 03:46 PM
quote:
Originally posted by cspg:
The only thing I remember, though, is that they went out of business...
Apparently a lot of people over time didn't want to spring for the extra $10 for First Class Mail shipping. Alan, the publisher, explained some of the mailing problems in this flyer from 1994. |
OV-105
Member Posts: 816
From: Ridgecrest, CA
Registered: Sep 2000
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posted 10-19-2016 06:44 PM
I subscribed to both Countdown and STS Mission Profiles. Always a guess as to which preflight issue would show up first. I think STS Mission Profiles won most of the time. Those magazines were great and gave a lot of information for their time. |
Fra Mauro
Member Posts: 1586
From: Bethpage, N.Y.
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted 10-23-2016 02:32 PM
I still have many of those magazines in my collection! |
Ronpur
Member Posts: 1211
From: Brandon, Fl
Registered: May 2012
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posted 10-23-2016 04:03 PM
I managed to find the first issue on eBay. It is dated January 1992 and is dedicated to covering STS-42 and post flight for STS-44. Great to have one back in my hands again! |
waa49
Member Posts: 91
From: Neu-Isenburg, Germany, Hessen
Registered: Sep 2015
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posted 10-24-2016 12:32 PM
I have the issues "publication #21, Feb. 1995, STS-63" through "publication #45, Dec. 1998, STS-88." The Editor/Manager tell the subscriber in a letter from Jul. 29, 1999: We are sorry to have to tell you that STS Mission Profiles has ceased publication with their last issue which was issue #45 for the launch of STS-88... |
Blackarrow
Member Posts: 3118
From: Belfast, United Kingdom
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 10-24-2016 12:34 PM
quote:
Originally posted by cspg:
...to have the press kit after the flight made a lot less sense.
Receiving NASA material after the mission was an occupational hazard of space collecting in the Apollo era. The only time I was ahead of the game was in late 1972 when I managed to get a copy of "On the Moon With Apollo 17" about a month before the mission. By launch day, I knew the EVA plans like the back of my hand! |
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