a09_v_bw_o_n (plate no. 2, Arasmith LM cutaway)
“Command pilot James McDivitt and lunar module pilot Russell Schweickart are shown in this drawing in the lunar module that they tested Wednesday. They entered through the docking tunnel.”
Another delightful rendition by Russ Arasmith, as usual, with rich & wonderful attention to detail. With that, note the stowed Portable Life Support System (PLSS) back pack (with the NASA logo) & two Oxygen Purge System (OPS) components behind the Astronaut in the docking tunnel. Apollo 9 was the first use/test of the Apollo Program's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU)/PLSS/OPS ensemble inflight & ‘outside’.
Also, as was often the case with Arasmith works, there being a series/sequence of them, it bears a plate number, “5” in this case, at the lower left corner).
The official NASA caption/description:
“Cutaway of day three activities. Crewmen leave third team member in command module and enter lunar module through docking tunnel. One astronaut shown entering through tunnel while the other is already at one of two side-by-side standing stations in LM. The latter looks out of docking window.”
The above, with an immaculate version, along with the rest of the series, from/at the following.
The proprietor of this site, Mr. Jerome Bascom-Pipp, is EASILY one of the best, most honorable human beings I’ve ever come across:
apollomissionphotos.com/index_art_ap9.html
Credit: Jerome Bascom-Pipp/"Apollo Mission Control Photo Plus" website
Russell Arasmith, a full & rich life:
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/westminster-ca/russell...
Credit: Dignity Memorial website
a09_v_bw_o_n (plate no. 2, Arasmith LM cutaway)
“Command pilot James McDivitt and lunar module pilot Russell Schweickart are shown in this drawing in the lunar module that they tested Wednesday. They entered through the docking tunnel.”
Another delightful rendition by Russ Arasmith, as usual, with rich & wonderful attention to detail. With that, note the stowed Portable Life Support System (PLSS) back pack (with the NASA logo) & two Oxygen Purge System (OPS) components behind the Astronaut in the docking tunnel. Apollo 9 was the first use/test of the Apollo Program's Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU)/PLSS/OPS ensemble inflight & ‘outside’.
Also, as was often the case with Arasmith works, there being a series/sequence of them, it bears a plate number, “5” in this case, at the lower left corner).
The official NASA caption/description:
“Cutaway of day three activities. Crewmen leave third team member in command module and enter lunar module through docking tunnel. One astronaut shown entering through tunnel while the other is already at one of two side-by-side standing stations in LM. The latter looks out of docking window.”
The above, with an immaculate version, along with the rest of the series, from/at the following.
The proprietor of this site, Mr. Jerome Bascom-Pipp, is EASILY one of the best, most honorable human beings I’ve ever come across:
apollomissionphotos.com/index_art_ap9.html
Credit: Jerome Bascom-Pipp/"Apollo Mission Control Photo Plus" website
Russell Arasmith, a full & rich life:
www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/westminster-ca/russell...
Credit: Dignity Memorial website