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D. W. Bo Shaffer & Associates

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D W Bo Shaffer and Associates. What's Up With Us. Were Everywhere . . . Some Job Shots . . . And More Job Shots. All kinds of Neat Stuff. Angels and Heros Page. A good friend sent this to me and I thought I would share it with all of you. Police aren't perfect, nor are any of us either but this law inforcement officer. Comes close to winning the ingenuity award. He said, "I'm awfully sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping the guy off in...

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A Field Guide to American Spacecraft - The Blog: April 2011

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011. The flight-test orbiter which has been displayed at the Udvar-Hazy Center will fly one more time to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. In New York, NY. It will be displayed on the dock along side the naval vessel that was used to recover both Mercury and Gemini spacecraft. With Enterprise vacating its current home, way will be made for Discovery to be displayed at America's premier facility for aerospace history. The Udvar-Hazy Center. Thursday, April 7, 2011.

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A Field Guide to American Spacecraft - The Blog: November 2009

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Monday, November 30, 2009. Spacecraft of the Week #12. For the rendezvous Gemini VII was the passive target, but the long duration flight provided the real challenges. Imagine spending two weeks with another person in an area the size of a bathroom stall and you'll get the idea. And you would have a toilet to use! After a week, the novelty of spaceflight wore off. The crew was allowed free time, an unthinkable thing for previous flights. They took to reading books they packed for the time: Borman...For p...

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A Field Guide to American Spacecraft - The Blog: August 2009

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Monday, August 31, 2009. Spacecraft of the Week #3. Was one of many built by NASA to give to Navy and allied ships to train crews in the recovery of a wayward capsule. In an emergency, the Apollo spacecraft could be brought home earlier, even on land (though very. Hard on the astronauts! Visited Murmansk as a port of call during a six month arctic survey. They were surprised when, with a considerable amount of hoopla, they were presented with the Apollo capsule. Space Capsule to Time Capsule. Has been po...

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A Field Guide to American Spacecraft - The Blog: April 2010

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Tuesday, April 20, 2010. Discovery Lands at KSC. Here I go outside. More in a minute. And by the time I'm back at my desk, the orbiter is wheels stopped on Runway 33. A beautiful sight, as this approach brought the orbiter almost directly over HQ. Orbiter and crew now safe and sound on Terra Frima. A few things to know about these events (and there are only three more left, so listen up! The two sonic booms are produced by shock waves emanating from the orbiter nose and tail. Technically speaking, the or...

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A Field Guide to American Spacecraft - The Blog: My Kind of Town

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Sunday, July 11, 2010. My Kind of Town. Today I am in Chicago for a conference, so I took the afternoon to revisit some old friends. Chicago is one of the few places that host the trifecta of historical spacecraft, Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo. Interestingly, they are not found at the same location. While the Crown Space Center at the Museum of Science and Industry boasts Aurora 7. Mercury) and the Apollo 8. Command Module, you have to travel up the lake front to the Adler Planetarium to see the Gemini 12.

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Apollo Artifacts: Edgar Mitchell’s Apollo 14 flown heel restraints

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Laquo; Apollo Command Module Instrument Panel 16. Apollo: The Panoramas ». Edgar Mitchell’s Apollo 14 flown heel restraints. This pair of heel restraints was used in the Apollo 14 command module during liftoff. They were used to secure the astronaut’s feet in place during the violent early stages of the Saturn V launch to prevent injury. The restraints are made of a very lightweight metal and heavy duty stirrup straps with Velcro closures. The items were manufactured by B. Welson Co. Follow me on Twitter.

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Apollo Artifacts: Apollo 11 flown data file clip

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Laquo; Marquardt R-4D Apollo spacecraft attitude control engine. Alan Bean painting Boy, you can sure move on this surface ». Apollo 11 flown data file clip. This flown data file clip was originally from the collection of Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin and was used on the historic Apollo 11 mission. The clip is 1.75" x 2.25" x 0.75" and made of lightweight aluminum. It would have been used to hold charts and checklists during the mission. Posted by David Meerman Scott. Follow me on Twitter.

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Apollo Artifacts: Apollo 17 flown LM Data Card Book

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Laquo; Flown Apollo 9 Exer-Genie Astronaut Exerciser. Apollo 8 RCA slow scan TV camera training unit ». Apollo 17 flown LM Data Card Book. This 3-hole punched Apollo 17 LM Data Card Book acquired from the Gene Cernan collection was carried to the lunar surface and used aboard the Apollo 17 lunar module Challenger in the Taurus-Littrow valley of the moon during the last Apollo lunar landing mission in December 1972. The writing in these pages was all written while on the surface of the moon. The data ...