g05_v_bw_o_n (original 1965 press photo)
If the stamped date of "OCT 24 1965" is somewhat timely, then this would be the launch of Gemini 5.
Additionally/pathetically: My preliminary, only & final analysis of the pattern of the billowing exhaust cloud supports such as well.
Still further: “What are Pan Am branded personnel & equipment doing relatively near the launch of a manned U. S. rocket in 1965???”, you ask. Well, apparently Pan American World Airways, Inc. provided installation support services to NASA, which were actually quite wide ranging:
www.panam.org/golden-age/443-pan-am-the-race-to-space-2
Credit: Pan Am Historical Foundation website
Who knew/cared/cares, right?!
g05_v_bw_o_n (original 1965 press photo)
If the stamped date of "OCT 24 1965" is somewhat timely, then this would be the launch of Gemini 5.
Additionally/pathetically: My preliminary, only & final analysis of the pattern of the billowing exhaust cloud supports such as well.
Still further: “What are Pan Am branded personnel & equipment doing relatively near the launch of a manned U. S. rocket in 1965???”, you ask. Well, apparently Pan American World Airways, Inc. provided installation support services to NASA, which were actually quite wide ranging:
www.panam.org/golden-age/443-pan-am-the-race-to-space-2
Credit: Pan Am Historical Foundation website
Who knew/cared/cares, right?!