Ok . Once again , ive got 2 questions for you guys .
No. 1 – Why is there a white line on the spacecraft in A ?
No. 2 – Connect the spacecraft / the chap entering the spacecraft to B .
A
B
A shows Gus Grissom , the 2nd American to fly in space , climbing into the Mercury 4 spacecraft . Grissom nicknamed the spacecraft ‘Liberty Bell 7‘ after the original Liberty Bell as he thought it would be an appropriate call-sign for a bell-shaped spacecraft . The Bell has a crack and as a tribute , a ‘crack’ was painted on the side of the spacecraft ( which is the white line in question ) . The spacecraft during its return to earth , splashed into water off the coast of Florida and sank , nearly drowning Grissom . This incident prompted Grissom to nickname his next mission ( Gemini 3 ) spacecraft ‘Molly Brown‘ after Margaret Brown ( B ) who was nicknamed The Unsinkable Molly Brown because she was one of the more famous to survive the Titanic mishap .
Cracked fully by Freestyler , Anil Raghavan & Rithwik and in part by Arun Hiregange & Gautam Jayasurya . Good job by all who attempted !
A. Painted crack as a tribute to the real Liberty Bell
B. His next craft was nicknamed the Molly Brown
A. Painted crack as a tribute to the real Liberty Bell
B. His next craft was nicknamed the Molly Brown
1) That line marks the parachute deployment bridle and also acts as a marker that the capsule is right way up to the recovery/rescue team.
2) Gus Grissom nicknamed the Gemini 3 spacecraft Molly Brown hoping that it would not duplicate his experience with Liberty Bell 7 (which started to sink in the ocean after landing).
Second pic is of course The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Margaret Brown, an American socialite, philanthropist, and activist who became famous in the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, after getting her lifeboat to return to look for survivors and as leader of the women survivors), later a Broadway play.
1) That line marks the parachute deployment bridle and also acts as a marker that the capsule is right way up to the recovery/rescue team.
2) Gus Grissom nicknamed the Gemini 3 spacecraft Molly Brown hoping that it would not duplicate his experience with Liberty Bell 7 (which started to sink in the ocean after landing).
Second pic is of course The Unsinkable Molly Brown (Margaret Brown, an American socialite, philanthropist, and activist who became famous in the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic, after getting her lifeboat to return to look for survivors and as leader of the women survivors), later a Broadway play.
Charles Conrad Jr/Gordon Cooper Jr getting into Gemini 5 ?
Charles Conrad Jr/Gordon Cooper Jr getting into Gemini 5 ?
Astronaut Gus Grissom climbs into “Liberty Bell 7″ spacecraft before launch on the morning of July 21, 1961. Astronaut John Glenn, Grissom’s back up, helps him into the capsule.
Some problem with its hatch, led Grissom’s capsule to sink after splashdown. It was salvaged from the Atlantic Ocean in 1999.
Margret Brown
In 1965, the capsule launched in the Gemini 3 space mission was unofficially named the “Molly Brown,” a humorous reference to Gus Grissom’s previous incident with the Mercury capsule Liberty Bell that sank, nearly drowning Grissom, off the Florida coast.
Astronaut Gus Grissom climbs into “Liberty Bell 7″ spacecraft before launch on the morning of July 21, 1961. Astronaut John Glenn, Grissom’s back up, helps him into the capsule.
Some problem with its hatch, led Grissom’s capsule to sink after splashdown. It was salvaged from the Atlantic Ocean in 1999.
Margret Brown
In 1965, the capsule launched in the Gemini 3 space mission was unofficially named the “Molly Brown,” a humorous reference to Gus Grissom’s previous incident with the Mercury capsule Liberty Bell that sank, nearly drowning Grissom, off the Florida coast.
1)The mercury aircraft was renamed liberty bell&the crack in original liberty bell was painted as the white line
2)vigil grissom named the ensuing gemini capsule after mollybrown the titanic survivor
1)The mercury aircraft was renamed liberty bell&the crack in original liberty bell was painted as the white line
2)vigil grissom named the ensuing gemini capsule after mollybrown the titanic survivor
A – Virgil I. Grissom Gus Grissom announced he would name Mercury 4, Liberty Bell 7. Grissom said the name was an appropriate call-sign for the bell-shaped spacecraft. He also said the name was synonymous with “freedom”. As a tribute to the original Liberty Bell, a “crack” was painted on the side of the spacecraft.
B – Margaret Brown aka The Unsinkable Molly Brown
This first manned flight of the Gemini spacecraft was very much a test flight. In a playful reference to the Broadway hit The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Grissom nicknamed the Gemini 3 spacecraft Molly Brown hoping that it would not duplicate his experience with Liberty Bell 7. It was the last Gemini to be named by an astronaut. All subsequent flights in the program were designated by a Roman numeral.
A – Virgil I. Grissom Gus Grissom announced he would name Mercury 4, Liberty Bell 7. Grissom said the name was an appropriate call-sign for the bell-shaped spacecraft. He also said the name was synonymous with “freedom”. As a tribute to the original Liberty Bell, a “crack” was painted on the side of the spacecraft.
B – Margaret Brown aka The Unsinkable Molly Brown
This first manned flight of the Gemini spacecraft was very much a test flight. In a playful reference to the Broadway hit The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Grissom nicknamed the Gemini 3 spacecraft Molly Brown hoping that it would not duplicate his experience with Liberty Bell 7. It was the last Gemini to be named by an astronaut. All subsequent flights in the program were designated by a Roman numeral.
Nice one!
Nice one!