Hidden gems from the NASA photo archive

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SpeedyPhill

·Sep 27, 2020

September 1965... post-flight Gemini V, astronauts Charles Conrad and Gordon Cooper boarded a plane to leave Cape Canaveral Florida for the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston Texas. Astronaut Charles "Pete' Conrad, more than probably the first astronaut with a tattoo to fly in space described the mission as " 8 days in a garbage can "...
On Gemini V, a total of 5 watches were worn, in addition to the NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster (Conrad wore 2), Cooper wore his personal Accutron Astronaut microsonic GMT pilot watch and Conrad wore his personal Glycine Airman automatic GMT pilot watch...
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SpeedyPhill

·Oct 2, 2020

October 3, 1962 first Omega Speedmaster in space
Just before the web will be flooded with 2020 Snoopy award Speedmaster stuff & advertising, let's remember the Sigma-7 mission...
Astronaut Wally Schirra had chosen to wear his personal Omega Speedmaster CK2998 chronograph on the 9 hours 13 minutes mission. This colourful impression clearly shows the 321 Omega chronograph at his left wrist, the iconic Omega watch would become known as the FOIS - First Omega In Space.
Wally Schirra kept using his CK2998 during Gemini training and even wore it during SCUBA diving in his pool !
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SpeedyPhill

·Oct 4, 2020

October 2009, Canadian businessman turned spaceflight participant "space tourist" Guy Laliberté wore the most expensive wristwatch worn so far onboard a spaceflight mission... Soyuz TMA-16 during 10 Days 21 Hours... Audemars Piguet Royal Oak black chronograph
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Edit: it looks like he wore another version in the official crew-portrait
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mutxi_2012

·Oct 4, 2020

any picutres from the "Tesla Expedition"?

 

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Omegafanman

·Oct 4, 2020

M mutxi_2012

any picutres from the "Tesla Expedition"?

That's is not really at archive stage yet.....They only just landed.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/nas...ng-the-doors-again.112462/page-3#post-1567691

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Oct 27, 2020

55 years ago, astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin trained in the US Navy gondola for his upcoming Gemini XII mission, note astronaut rookie Aldrin wore a NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronograph the " Gianni Agnelli way " strapped over the sleeve of his flightsuit.
(Photo: US Navy/NASA)
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pdxleaf

·Oct 27, 2020

M mutxi_2012

any picutres from the "Tesla Expedition"?

Bob and Doug wearing their X-33's on the ISS during Expedition 63.

NASA image from NASA website of ISS images.

Bob did 4 spacewalks but his watch wasn't visible in the few photos I saw of him during the walk. He and astronaut Cassidy performed the EVAs together.

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Nov 3, 2020

November 1971... the Apollo 15 goodwill tour brought the astronauts to the United Kingdom, France and Italy... even onto the slopes of the 2962 m meter high Zugspitze mountain in Germany...
Note Apollo 15 commander David Scott wore his NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronograph with 60 minutes bezel... an easy to read practical bezel which was recently re-issued by RadialProject.com
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SpeedyPhill

·Nov 5, 2020

November 1969... Apollo 12 Moonbound !
Photo showing great details of the NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster chronograph #57 with reference 105.012 for astronaut Richard Gordon, which he wore as Command Module Pilot on Apollo 12... Gordon remained in orbit while Alan Bean & Charles Conrad stayed 32 hours on the Lunar surface, collecting 34 kilograms of Moonrocks & samples.
US Navy Captain Gordon passed away on monday 7th November 2017, aged 88. R.I.P.
Great dial and I like the way the applied logo can be seen and the curls in the velcro ...
(Photo: MoonwatchUniverse)
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eugeneandresson

·Nov 5, 2020

SpeedyPhill

October 2009, Canadian businessman turned spaceflight participant "space tourist" Guy Laliberté wore the ugliest wristwatch worn so far onboard a spaceflight mission... Soyuz TMA-16 during 10 Days 21 Hours... Audemars Piguet Royal Oak black chronograph

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SpeedyPhill

·Nov 20, 2020

the better & rarely seen astronaut Edward White wearing his Speedmaster photographs can be seen here;
https://omegaforums.net/threads/november-14-2020-edward-white-would-have-been-90.121836/

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Dec 2, 2020

Not a NASA photo but an article I wrote in 2000... about the first Japanese citizen in space, TBS TV journalist Toyohiro Akiyama
During training, Akiyama wore a reverse panda dial Tudor big block 79160 chronograph but actually wore a Russian Shturmanskie 31659 military chronograph during his 7 days 21 hours mission...
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What do we not see in this photograph ? 👎
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The crew took a set of 10 Omega Speedmaster chronographs onboard the ""Mir"" space station, which were returned 175 days later in May 1991...

 

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Fish70

·Dec 2, 2020

No comment but a cool photo.

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Dec 3, 2020

@Fish70
Early Mercury 7 photo, no Speedmasters yet, but a few Bulova 3818 pilot watches...

 

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Nikipi

·Dec 7, 2020

Finally received this from the Christie’s space picture auction of a few weeks ago 😀. Buzz Aldrin’s Gemini XII eva with his lovely watch.

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Dec 7, 2020

that's what we call an original NASA photo on hard cardboard KODAK photo paper 👍

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Dec 26, 2020

15 years ago... Casio DW5100 G-Shock, Omega Speedmaster and Rolex Submariner meet up in space...
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SpeedyPhill

·Jan 20, 2021

January 20... Happy 91st birthday to Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin
Preflight Gemini XII press conference, both astronauts Aldrin & Lovell wore a NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster on a shiny JB Champion steel mesh bracelet... but in the postflight briefing, Lovell wore his personal Rolex GMT-master pilot watch 😉
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SpeedyPhill

·Jan 27, 2021

54 years ago... Jan 27, 1967... RIP Apollo 1 astronauts
It's interesting to take a look at the official NASA Apollo 1 crew portraits in which it's clear that Roger Chaffee only got his NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster later then Grissom & White did... the Apollo 1 crew portraits were taken on April 1, 1966.
Of course, Chaffee was later selected (NASA Group 3 in October 1963) and we see him wearing a white dial wristwatch in early training photos such as this one taken in June 1966... Any ID on this wristwatch ?
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FYI Chaffee's NASA-issued Omega Speedmaster 105.003 chronograph shows up in July 1966 photos onwards...

 

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SpeedyPhill

·Jan 27, 2021

Another photo...
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