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Topic: STS-126: Crew portrait and crew poster
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Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-14-2008 09:33 PM
   
The STS-126 official crew portrait is not yet available but their crew poster is... Download the high-res version (41.5mb) |
Mr Meek
Member Posts: 353
From: Chattanooga, TN
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 04-14-2008 10:32 PM
Nice. Do you have any idea who is responsible for these posters? They've done a marvelous job thusfar. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 04-14-2008 10:42 PM
The posters are a product of the Spaceflight Awareness Office at Johnson Space Center. I'll be at JSC tomorrow, and if the opportunity presents itself, I'll inquire as to who specifically is responsible for their creation. |
cspg
Member Posts: 6210
From: Geneva, Switzerland
Registered: May 2006
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posted 04-14-2008 11:58 PM
Sandra Magnus is not asleep, is she?  |
KSCartist
Member Posts: 2896
From: Titusville, FL USA
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted 04-15-2008 08:45 AM
That's going to look good in my office! What do you think Jorge? |
robsouth
Member Posts: 769
From: West Midlands, UK
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted 04-15-2008 10:22 AM
STS-126 appearing at a cinema near you soon! |
lunarrv15
Member Posts: 1355
From: Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 04-15-2008 12:50 PM
Two thumbs up on this creation.How about a head shots of them photoshop on that background for their crew photo I would love to see. |
KAPTEC
Member Posts: 578
From: Madrid, Spain
Registered: Oct 2005
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posted 04-15-2008 01:15 PM
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Originally posted by KSCartist:
That's going to look good in my office! What do you think Jorge?
I would like to get one too! Really will looks good. (And more adding the crew patch decal beside NASA emblem, don't you think Tim?)  |
eurospace
Member Posts: 2610
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-16-2008 12:57 AM
Jorge, you can always download the high resolution file Robert offers in his initial message and have it printed in any size you want by your local photo shop. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42988
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 05-16-2008 04:47 PM
Here's a first look at the STS-126 crew photo: |
mjanovec
Member Posts: 3811
From: Midwest, USA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 05-16-2008 06:05 PM
It must have been amateur day with Photoshop, judging by that crew pic. Hopefully that is just a rough draft and the final version will look a bit more realistic.A novel concept for future crew photos would be to take an actual photograph of a crew standing next to the shuttle. |
ShuttleDiscovery
Member Posts: 152
From:
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 05-17-2008 05:16 AM
These photoshop crew photos are starting to look very cheesy. I like STS-114 through to STS-123 (and STS-125), but the STS-124 photo and this one just look awful. The whole concept of having the crew in a building on the crawlerway for STS-124 just looks really unrealistic, and this one has barely any shadow. I would prefer STS-126 to be like STS-114 and STS-116, it would look far better in my opinion. |
ShuttleDiscovery
Member Posts: 152
From:
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 05-19-2008 01:41 PM
Hi-res version out!!!! STS126-S-002 (5 March 2008) --- Attired in training versions of their shuttle launch and entry suits, these seven astronauts take a break from training to pose for the STS-126 crew portrait. Astronaut Christopher J. Ferguson, commander, is at center; and astronaut Eric A. Boe, pilot, is third from the right. Remaining crewmembers, pictured from left to right, are astronauts Sandra H. Magnus, Stephen G. Bowen, Donald R. Pettit, Robert S. (Shane) Kimbrough and Heidemarie M. Stefanyshyn-Piper, all mission specialists. Magnus is scheduled to join Expedition 18 as flight engineer after launching to the International Space Station on mission STS-126. |
Mr Meek
Member Posts: 353
From: Chattanooga, TN
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted 05-19-2008 03:46 PM
*sigh*It's not the film grain or the clone stamp grass that ultimately gets me. It's the fact that the shuttle in the picture is clearly Discovery, with "Endeavour" pasted onto the wing. The artist went so far as to render the text, and cut out the parts obscured by the OMS pod and crew member. They did not, however, run the rendered text through the film grain filter, or change the name on the crew cabin. Photoshopping a crew in Houston over a shuttle at Kennedy isn't the worst idea. It's just the little details that make all the difference. |
NavySpaceFan
Member Posts: 655
From: Norfolk, VA
Registered: May 2007
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posted 05-19-2008 04:31 PM
Nice to see CDR Bowen's submariners dolphins on his LES! I also noticed that CAPT Stefanyshyn-Piper is now wearing Naval Flight Officer Astronaut wings vice her Master Diver badge. I was wondering what non-aviator astronauts wore once they flew a mission. |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 05-20-2008 12:42 AM
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Originally posted by Mr Meek:
It's the fact that the shuttle in the picture is clearly Discovery, with "Endeavour" pasted onto the wing.
Wouldn't it have been a lot easier to just take a picture of Endeavour?  |
KenDavis
Member Posts: 187
From: W.Sussex United Kingdom
Registered: May 2003
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posted 05-20-2008 01:08 AM
It seems the crew posters have gone from strength to strength over recent missions whilst the official crew pictures have gone downhill.ShuttleDiscovery's description of 'cheesy' seems (IMO) to fit the bill. Let's get back to a straight forward studio shot with the appropriate national and/or organisation flags. If there must be a 'photoshop' background then less obvious. Darker backgrounds work well and I agree with the comments that the STS-121 and STS-118 are good examples of this idea working. |
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