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Topic: Early astronaut and cosmonaut watches
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Philip
Member Posts: 6283
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-10-2022 05:12 AM
   
45 years ago, ex-Alaska II Project in space —Fun fact: Omega's ultimate space watch, a Speedmaster chronograph in distinctive red outer protective case (code name Alaska Project II) was developed for use by Apollo astronauts riding on the bumpy and dusty lunar surface onboard the lunar rover Vehicles of NASA's moon project, but due to cancellation of Apollo 18-20 these time pieces never made it to the moon. Instead these wristwatches were used 45 years ago as Soyuz 26 launched to the Salyut-6 space station on December 10, 1977. |
Philip
Member Posts: 6283
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 07-15-2024 09:05 AM
This summer 2024 we celebrate 65 years since the NASA Space Task Group procured the very first official wristwatches to the "Mercury 7" astronauts!Since May 1959 the STG Flight Control Branch Training Aids team worked closely with LeCoultre to provide the astronauts a bespoke anti-magnetic waterproof 24 hours dial wrist watch, which were issued in September 1959 and which the "Mercury 7" astronauts wore during training & special events up to October 1963! My article in cooperation with a collector who owns the late John Glenn's LeCoultre describes how and why this was done. | |
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