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Here’s What Happened To The NASA-Issued Speedmasters!

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On April 27th, 1976, NASA made 55 out of 97 of its Omega Speedmaster chronographs available to the National Air & Space Museum (NASM) in Washington, DC. Then and now, these Omega watches were considered a collection with significant artifactual value! This article is a contribution by space and watch enthusiast Philip Corneille, founder of […]

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IMHO proof that esoteric research isn't always dull and can be very interesting, even eye-opening in the case of the spaceflight legacy of the Omega Speedmaster chronographs.
This is only the tip of an iceberg on detailed information about the NASA-issued Speedies used in both 1960s-1970s and later on during 1980s-1990s STS flights and modern-day ISS spaceflight missions...
Lots of info visible in plain sight in official NASA photos and anecdotes/memories direct from astronaut encounters.
More soon !
 
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