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·From the UK Daily Mail. I'm going with Gen 3 X-33:
His hasn't been upgraded though (archival photo):
His hasn't been upgraded though (archival photo):
Hidden gems from the NASA photo archive
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SpeedyPhill
·Although November is unmistakenly the Apollo 12 month... MoonWatchUniverse is bringing the focus on the Radial Dial Speedmaster developed under the 1978 Omega Alaska III project as I'm scanning the STS-era photos and cleaning out the complete collection
See:
https://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive
See:
https://moonwatchuniverse.tumblr.com/archive
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·Russian cosmonauts Valeriy Kubasov and Aleksey Leonov participate in English language training during preparations for the 1975 Apollo-Soyuz Test Project ... Note both cosmonauts were wearing an Omega Flightmaster
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·40 years ago... 1977 was an important year for the Space Shuttle project as the orbiter " Enterprise " had made its first captive flight (February 1977) and a total of 5 free glider flights (October 1977) during ALT - Approach & Landing Tests...
Later, the orbiter was also used for testing launch procedures at KSC - Florida.
On all Enterprise flights, the pilot-astronauts wore Omega Speedmaster chronographs as seen on this photo below, showing Richard Truly and Joe Engle... the crew that would use the 1978 Radial dial Speedmaster for the first time aboard STS-2 Columbia in November 1981
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Later, the orbiter was also used for testing launch procedures at KSC - Florida.
On all Enterprise flights, the pilot-astronauts wore Omega Speedmaster chronographs as seen on this photo below, showing Richard Truly and Joe Engle... the crew that would use the 1978 Radial dial Speedmaster for the first time aboard STS-2 Columbia in November 1981
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·Again never-before-seen NASA photos on the Interwebs: December 1968, training for the historic Apollo 8 mission Borman-Lovell-Anders
However, we'll keep the best images for the 50th anniversary next year...
So our last post for the moment in this topic
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However, we'll keep the best images for the 50th anniversary next year...
So our last post for the moment in this topic
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·De gustibus non est disputandum
But ...
Hopefully the December 1968 adventures and the accomplishments of the Apollo 8 astronauts will inspire Omega Watches for a neo-vintage Speedmaster honoring the past & celebrating half-a-century Apollo manned missions to the Moon... rather than:
https://www.omegawatches.com/watch-...co-axial-chronograph-44-25-mm-31192445101006/
But ...
Hopefully the December 1968 adventures and the accomplishments of the Apollo 8 astronauts will inspire Omega Watches for a neo-vintage Speedmaster honoring the past & celebrating half-a-century Apollo manned missions to the Moon... rather than:
https://www.omegawatches.com/watch-...co-axial-chronograph-44-25-mm-31192445101006/
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·51 years ago... Ed White relaxing after the Christmas holidays and preparing to start Apollo tests at the Cape Kennedy Air Force station in Florida... he clearly wore a Speedmaster 105.003 but sadly the Apollo 1 crew was killed on January 27, 1967 as a cabin fire destroyed the Command Module at Launch Complex 34 🙁
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Lowflight
·Gem #8
As far as gems go, this is about as precious as they get.
Now that I'm more familiar with how a Speedmaster will look in photos of this era, I'm a little more confident in identifying Aldrin's watch as a likely Speedmaster.
I love the official image description: "...arrives for work". Hell, yeah! He's going to the frickin' Moon!
Official description in image library:
Buzz Aldrin arrives for work, holding the keys to his Corvette. Photo filed 10 July 1969.
Awesome Pic
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·Think we've seen Bezel-less Borman's tie before but perhaps not this picture.
And again there have been other shots of the Apollo 13 crew together in these shirts but hoping this picture is a new angle.
And again there have been other shots of the Apollo 13 crew together in these shirts but hoping this picture is a new angle.
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SpeedyPhill
·Apollo 8... have those even in color 😉
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·Celebrating 20 years X-33 in spaceflight
January 1998 space shuttle Endeavour mission STS-89 delivered the first Omega X-33 chronographs to the Mir space station...
March 28, 1998 during a live TV broadcasts the Russian Mir crew demonstrated the dual dial LCD chronograph and its 80 decibel alarm... since then the X-33 chronograph has been standard equipment for astronauts & cosmonauts...
In 2014 European astronaut Jean-François Clervoy helped to design the features of the X-33 Skywalker...
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X-33 floating aboard the ISS in April 2010....
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January 1998 space shuttle Endeavour mission STS-89 delivered the first Omega X-33 chronographs to the Mir space station...
March 28, 1998 during a live TV broadcasts the Russian Mir crew demonstrated the dual dial LCD chronograph and its 80 decibel alarm... since then the X-33 chronograph has been standard equipment for astronauts & cosmonauts...
In 2014 European astronaut Jean-François Clervoy helped to design the features of the X-33 Skywalker...
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X-33 floating aboard the ISS in April 2010....
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GordonL
·This such a great thread - I keep on coming back and starting at the beginning again. So many great photos!
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·Documenting a single spaceflight mission each month ... going crescendo towards July 2019...
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vbrad26
·Great thread!
Posting so I don't miss any updates!
Posting so I don't miss any updates!
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Looneytoons
·Gemini 8 Anniversary coming up March 16th.
So here are Armstrong and Scott posing with the Para-Rescue Team.
Gemini 8 Astronauts pose with the PARA-RESCUE team. Left-to-right, top: Neil Armstrong, E. M. Neil, David Scott; bottom row: L. D. Huyett and G. N. Moore. Scott is standing top right with his Speedy. Rescue crewman Moore with a Rolex? NASA Photo credit.
Ship is probably the USS Leonard F. Mason.
So here are Armstrong and Scott posing with the Para-Rescue Team.
Gemini 8 Astronauts pose with the PARA-RESCUE team. Left-to-right, top: Neil Armstrong, E. M. Neil, David Scott; bottom row: L. D. Huyett and G. N. Moore. Scott is standing top right with his Speedy. Rescue crewman Moore with a Rolex? NASA Photo credit.
Ship is probably the USS Leonard F. Mason.
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Looneytoons
·Continuing with the Gemini 8 theme, the official crew portrait with Armstrong sporting his Speedy.
NASA photo credit.
NASA photo credit.
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·1 more from Gemini 8: NASA photo credit.
KSC-66C-1869 Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott leave Suiting Trailer and enter Transfer Van at Cape Kennedy prior to boarding their Spacecraft for Gemini 8 Mission
Looks like Armstrong is double dogging it. What's on his right wrist? Left is a Speedy.
KSC-66C-1869 Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott leave Suiting Trailer and enter Transfer Van at Cape Kennedy prior to boarding their Spacecraft for Gemini 8 Mission
Looks like Armstrong is double dogging it. What's on his right wrist? Left is a Speedy.
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·Neil A. he lost his.
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