a_v_bw_o_n (original 1966 press photo)
“MOON INSTRUMENTS—An Apollo-suited Manned Spacecraft Center technician [is seen] as he deploys an Apollo Lunar Experiments Package on the moonscape at the Houston space center. The scientific experiments will be carried to the surface of the moon in a LEM similar to the mockup in the background. The scientific package weighs about 170 pounds, but on the moon its weight is only about 30 pounds.”
The technician is possibly Jack “Jackie” D. Mays, who was basically the non-Astronaut 'face' of the Apollo program's vacuum chamber & outdoor terrestrial/Terran Extravehicular Activity, testing, assessing/evaluating, etc. lunar space suit designs/configurations & associated lunar surface tasks, during their development.
I wonder if it could also possibly be John B. “Jack” Slight?
Two of many unsung Apollo Program contributors.
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/002223.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
My SWAG: Mr. Mays appears to be carrying the Magnetometer. From left-to-right: possibly two components of the Solar Wind experiment; definitely the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator; possibly two components of the Supra Thermal Ion Detector experiment, and obviously, the ALSEP central station.
Note all of the Guest Book entries at Legacy.com, substantially more than I’ve normally come across. Obviously, Mr. Mays was more than just a dependable space suit tester.
Thank you Mr. Mays, continue to Rest In Peace Sir:
www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/jack-mays-obituary?pid=183...
Credit: Legacy.com website
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/webster-tx/jack-mays-7...
Credit: Dignity Memorial website
a_v_bw_o_n (original 1966 press photo)
“MOON INSTRUMENTS—An Apollo-suited Manned Spacecraft Center technician [is seen] as he deploys an Apollo Lunar Experiments Package on the moonscape at the Houston space center. The scientific experiments will be carried to the surface of the moon in a LEM similar to the mockup in the background. The scientific package weighs about 170 pounds, but on the moon its weight is only about 30 pounds.”
The technician is possibly Jack “Jackie” D. Mays, who was basically the non-Astronaut 'face' of the Apollo program's vacuum chamber & outdoor terrestrial/Terran Extravehicular Activity, testing, assessing/evaluating, etc. lunar space suit designs/configurations & associated lunar surface tasks, during their development.
I wonder if it could also possibly be John B. “Jack” Slight?
Two of many unsung Apollo Program contributors.
www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum38/HTML/002223.html
Credit: collectSPACE website
My SWAG: Mr. Mays appears to be carrying the Magnetometer. From left-to-right: possibly two components of the Solar Wind experiment; definitely the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator; possibly two components of the Supra Thermal Ion Detector experiment, and obviously, the ALSEP central station.
Note all of the Guest Book entries at Legacy.com, substantially more than I’ve normally come across. Obviously, Mr. Mays was more than just a dependable space suit tester.
Thank you Mr. Mays, continue to Rest In Peace Sir:
www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/jack-mays-obituary?pid=183...
Credit: Legacy.com website
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/webster-tx/jack-mays-7...
Credit: Dignity Memorial website