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·I spotted a trend...
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10 years MoonwatchUniverse... Bulk info release, podcasts & exhibition
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·One of the things I'm going to post are the months in which I believe each of the 1960s Gemini & Apollo era astronauts received their NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronograph(s).
Unfortunately looking at training photos of deceased astronauts (T-38 crashes 1966 Elliot See & Charles Bassett, 1967 Clifton Williams) triggered this esoteric research. For instance, earliest photos of Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin wearing a NASA-issued Speedmaster is March 1966.
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Remembering NASA astronaut Clifton Williams
Going through photos for MoonwatchUniverse October month, a nice press photo of US Marine Corps Maj Clifton C. Williams.
Selected in NASA astronaut group 3 (1963), Clifton Williams was CapCom during Gemini III mission.
October 5, 1967 Williams died in a NASA T-38 jey aircraft crash after ejecting near Tallahassee Florida.
Fellow naval aviators Apollo 12 Moonwalkers Alan Bean and Charles Conrad placed Williams' aviator wings and Silver astronaut pin on the lunar surface at Oceanus Procellarum.
The Apollo 12 mission logo had a fourth star as the astronauts at the time of the mission were U.S. Navy Commanders.
(Photos: NASA/WBESS)
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Unfortunately looking at training photos of deceased astronauts (T-38 crashes 1966 Elliot See & Charles Bassett, 1967 Clifton Williams) triggered this esoteric research. For instance, earliest photos of Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin wearing a NASA-issued Speedmaster is March 1966.
🙁
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Remembering NASA astronaut Clifton Williams
Going through photos for MoonwatchUniverse October month, a nice press photo of US Marine Corps Maj Clifton C. Williams.
Selected in NASA astronaut group 3 (1963), Clifton Williams was CapCom during Gemini III mission.
October 5, 1967 Williams died in a NASA T-38 jey aircraft crash after ejecting near Tallahassee Florida.
Fellow naval aviators Apollo 12 Moonwalkers Alan Bean and Charles Conrad placed Williams' aviator wings and Silver astronaut pin on the lunar surface at Oceanus Procellarum.
The Apollo 12 mission logo had a fourth star as the astronauts at the time of the mission were U.S. Navy Commanders.
(Photos: NASA/WBESS)
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·Well it has become clear... a few wrist watch websites, podcasts & even watch brands showed interest... all on a 100% voluntary basis!
It's that time of the year again... invited to a few cosy pre-Christmas GTG meetings talking 15 minutes specifically about the Omega Alaska Project Speedmaster in spaceflight... and what Apollo 15 astronaut Alfred Worden thought about the Omega Speedmaster chronograph!
Shortly touching onto the personal story of 55 years collecting record-setting aviation & spaceflight photographs, visiting Omega Heritage in 2015, Omega museum in 2016 sharing spaceflight photographs & data which finally got on several websites (Hodinkee October 2017) and in the third edition of the " MoonwatchOnly " book.
2025 marks 10 years since I coined the term " MoonwatchUniverse " ... time to stop in beauty !
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It's that time of the year again... invited to a few cosy pre-Christmas GTG meetings talking 15 minutes specifically about the Omega Alaska Project Speedmaster in spaceflight... and what Apollo 15 astronaut Alfred Worden thought about the Omega Speedmaster chronograph!
Shortly touching onto the personal story of 55 years collecting record-setting aviation & spaceflight photographs, visiting Omega Heritage in 2015, Omega museum in 2016 sharing spaceflight photographs & data which finally got on several websites (Hodinkee October 2017) and in the third edition of the " MoonwatchOnly " book.
2025 marks 10 years since I coined the term " MoonwatchUniverse " ... time to stop in beauty !
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