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Topic: Photo of the week 1058 (February 8,2025)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3792
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 02-07-2025 12:38 PM
   
 Astronauts Gordon Cooper (left foreground), Tom Stafford, Wally Schirra and Ed White at Kitt Peak Observatory, Tuscon, as part of a geology field excursion to Flagstaff, Arizona, on May 21, 1964. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1499
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 02-07-2025 01:59 PM
Only one of them would reach the moon: Stafford, commanding Apollo 10. Cooper would serve as backup commander for the mission, and in the normal rotation would have been in line to lead Apollo 13 and walk on the moon, but was dropped in favor of Al Shepard. |
GACspaceguy
Member Posts: 3147
From: Guyton, GA
Registered: Jan 2006
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posted 02-07-2025 03:04 PM
This reminds me of a typical 1950’s SciFi movie on planning a trip into space. 😊 |
star61
Member Posts: 319
From: Bristol UK
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 02-07-2025 03:34 PM
Oh dear... I'm such a nerd. That's from "It, The Terror From Beyond Space."Marshall Thompson in the middle starred in plenty of classic 50s sci-fi. Worth watching though, as its basically Ridley Scott's "Alien." |
Philip
Member Posts: 6300
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 02-08-2025 10:04 AM
Several Apollo astronauts also visited the large 1.6 meter McMath–Pierce solar telescope at Kitt Peak observatory in Arizona. |
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