STS09_v_c_o_TPMBK (S09128858, [STS009-128-858])

The MAN - the MYTH - the LEGEND - John W. Young - STS-9.

 

Official NASA description: Astronaut John W. Young, Crew Commander, takes notes at the Commander's Station on the flight deck of Columbia. The Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) among the forward panels, displays the orbiter's position in relation to the Earth on its monitor.

 

Along with there being a CRT, doesn't that look like a Texas Instruments calculator below John's right hand?

 

Apparently, it's an HP-41:

 

hpinspace.wordpress.com/category/hp-41/

 

hpinspace.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/hp-41-series-and-the-s...

 

airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/calculator-hand-hel...

 

 

Appropriately enough, this photo is also at the following:

 

www.johnwyoung.org/sts9/enlarge-sts9/10061671.htm

 

Along with Owen Garriott, this was to be John's last spaceflight.

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