Exactly 48 years ago, to the date, the Apollo 8 crew was ready for their historic mission during which they orbited the Moon ten times over the course of 20 hours, made the amazing Earthrise photo and made their Christmas Eve TV broadcast... Here commander Frank Borman seen wearing an Omega Speedmaster chronograph.
And both prime & backup crews pose near Saturn V launch vehicle in their white inflight coveralls... all wearing an Omega Speedmaster Cutting a long story short, check the Apollo 8 photos at MWU - MoonWatchUniverse : http://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive
The moonwatch circle is complete ... Bulova Accutron Astronaut by Gordon Cooper Commander Dave Scoot EVA #3 Bulova Chronograph
Another great update at MWU - MoonWatchUniverse on Apollo 1 & Apollo 14 missions... celebrating 60 years Omega Speedmaster Check: http://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive . Apollo 14 Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell took 2 Rolex GMT master reference 1675 wristwatches in his Personal Preference Kit to the Moon: .
From 31:15 onwards very nice timelapse of the Omega 145022-69 Speedmaster 861 chronograph at work in the Apollo 17 heat flow experiment .
January 17, 1967... exactly 50 years ago... Press day for the first Apollo crew to test the new hardware for NASA's lunar mission program... Apollo 1 - Gus Grissom , Edward White and Roger Chaffee
Probably the best photo of an Omega Speedmaster chronograph taken during an Apollo mission... Apollo 13 film mag 59/R photo AS13-059-8488 Ex Luna, Scientia ( From the Moon, knowledge )
In preparation for the March 1965 Gemini III mission, John Young was often seen & pictured wearing two wristwatches...
MWU - MoonWatchUniverse continued Apollo 14 theme as exactly 46 years ago they were on their way to the Moon... http://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive .
Does anybody know if a 1967 145.012 actually went on any missions or if, as I have heard, it was the one used on Apollo 13?
Check: https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/omega.html NASA & NASM are currently reworking this list as all available watches are being checked.
36 years ago, naval aviators John Young and Robert Crippen had been training over two years in preparation for the first space shuttle mission STS-1... great update on MWU - MoonWatch Universe http://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive
March has always been an exciting month for space flight fans... March 1965, John Young & Virgil Grissom wore an Omega Speedmaster during the Gemini III mission to test the new capsule... Wait a second... was naval aviator & Gemini III pilot Young wearing a couple of Omega Speedmaster chronographs ? MWU - MoonWatchUniverse http://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive .
Maybe not directly in accordance with the topic but a fresh moonwatch picture was post yesterday....(in french) http://forum.chronomania.net/mix_entry.php?id=250539#.WLa0oIWcFdg