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a (CSM 008)_v_bw_o_n (S-66-44842)

Excellent overhead view of Ground Test Vehicle/ Command & Service Module (CSM) 008, aka FRM-008, aka S/C 008, possibly/apparently being exposed to simulated illumination & thermal conditions in Vacuum Chamber A of the Space Environment Simulation Laboratory (SESL)/Bldg 32, Manned Spacecraft Center (MSC), Houston, Texas. One of three (I think) - two opposing on the sides/one overhead - banks of carbon arc lamps seem to be on. I don’t know what photography from this perspective was available when the chamber was sealed…so I have no idea if this was while the spacecraft was under vacuum conditions or not. This may be a test of the lights, system, etc. Who knows.

 

~7.75” x 10”. Despite being trimmed, unevenly, by some ‘blessed’ soul, a really cool photo.

 

Informative reading:

 

www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/001089.html

Credit: collectSPACE website

 

www.drewexmachina.com/2016/10/26/the-apollo-flights-to-no...

Credit: DrewExMachina website/Andrew LePage

 

www.popsci.com/how-nasa-goes-to-space-without-leaving-earth/

Credit: Popular Science online website

 

Excellent:

 

archive.org/details/S66-47786

 

Spectacular often reproduced view, which I believe shows the opposing bank of lights illuminated:

 

archive.org/details/S66-59204

Both above credit: Internet Archive website

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