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Project Apollo: The Omega Speedmaster- a complete history part 1
2019: The 50th Anniversary of the moon landing is fast approaching.
This series of posts will give an insight on the Speedmaster story throughout the missions.
Before the series begins in ernest on the Speedmaster series, we have to pay tribute to the heroism of the astronauts of Apollo 1
The crew of Apollo 1 was commander Virgil Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee.
A fire in the command module led to fatal events on the 21 February 1967. The resulting enquiry led to the implementation of major safety measures.
These brave and heroic astronauts will always be remembered for the sacrifice they made. Their bravery led the way for the moon missions.
So in part 1 I will not talk of their watches, but instead commemorate their bravery and ultimate sacrifice so that we as the human race can progress.
So this is tribute to them.
In Part 2 we move to Apollo 7.
Picture credit: Smithsonian, National Air and Space museum
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Project Apollo: The Omega Speedmaster- a complete history part 1
2019: The 50th Anniversary of the moon landing is fast approaching. This series of posts will give an insight on the Speedmaster story throughout the missions. Before the series begins in ernest on the Speedmaster series, we have to pay tribute to the her...
Looking forward to what Omega will have for the anniversary!
Thank you for this post, Imran! Best Blomman
This will be....
among my favorite threads of all time . Cannot wait to read what you have to share . Cheers, Filip
Why not? You can always say no
And they won’t mind that at all as they will not have a problem selling it...
That’s true...let me call them 😬. I also heard another James Bond watch coming...
Actually truth is I am a little fatigue about more Speedmasters 🤫
True, True , but for me out of all of the limited only two mean anything
The 60th which was excellent unlike the 50th which they screwed up on the movement And the 50th moonlanding Apollo 11- i am Praying they don’t screw it up
By the way....
Requiescat in Pace to these enormously brave gentlemen. Thank you for the images which will stick to mind for quite some time, here I am looking over all of the Apollo mission posts of yours once again ! Cheers, Filip
