a/a08 (CM-103)_v_bw_o_n (NAA photo no. 9FC-0021 (1) N, dated 1-24-67, cropped & edited)
A crop, with minor editing, of the referenced photograph. Within the numbered yellow rectangles are stamped/stenciled serial/identification numbers on the forward hatch docking tunnel, also referred to as the ‘access cylinder assembly’ in another NASA document.
No two Command Modules (CM) have these applied in the same locations…believe me, I exhaustively screened photographs of every manned CM from Apollo 7 to Apollo 15. I didn’t check Apollo 16 or 17, since I figured CM-113 & CM-114 were probably not yet even a gleam in some young NAA engineer’s eye as of January 24, 1967. For additional reference & context, I also marked with the red line, the edge of what appears to be the extensive application of duct tape within the forward compartment of CM-103.
To further (eventually) plunge down the rabbit hole, the red arrows point to innocuous looking components/structures that are actually fascinating & key to distinguishing between Block I and Block II CMs. However, that’ll require posting additional imagery - at a later date.
The additional linked photographs below confirm the identification.
a/a08 (CM-103)_v_bw_o_n (NAA photo no. 9FC-0021 (1) N, dated 1-24-67, cropped & edited)
A crop, with minor editing, of the referenced photograph. Within the numbered yellow rectangles are stamped/stenciled serial/identification numbers on the forward hatch docking tunnel, also referred to as the ‘access cylinder assembly’ in another NASA document.
No two Command Modules (CM) have these applied in the same locations…believe me, I exhaustively screened photographs of every manned CM from Apollo 7 to Apollo 15. I didn’t check Apollo 16 or 17, since I figured CM-113 & CM-114 were probably not yet even a gleam in some young NAA engineer’s eye as of January 24, 1967. For additional reference & context, I also marked with the red line, the edge of what appears to be the extensive application of duct tape within the forward compartment of CM-103.
To further (eventually) plunge down the rabbit hole, the red arrows point to innocuous looking components/structures that are actually fascinating & key to distinguishing between Block I and Block II CMs. However, that’ll require posting additional imagery - at a later date.
The additional linked photographs below confirm the identification.