My tumblr being cited in John Young’s autobiography, Forever Young.
I still can’t believe that this happened.
This is the most badass thing ever!!!
So awesome
Is there more of Jim McDivitt looking so freaking stylish you can’t even believe it, you may be asking yourself?
THERE IS. Dig that swanky golf glove. He’s getting ready to commit a contract murder in that thing.
Jim McDivitt 4 lyfe. Seriously, he’s one of my favorite people, ever.
5/19/63: “A Wave At the Start: Astronaut Gordon Cooper gives a wave today at the start of a news conference at Cocoa Beach, Fla., and a discussion of his 22-orbit flight through space.”
#gordobeinggordo
The McDivitts go for a ride, 1963.
The only way this would be better is if Ed was somehow in the back.
I know I’ve often talked about Deke Slayton’s special astronaut pin, a story that never ceases to move me. I recently found a photo that added even more depth to the story.
From Retro Space Images, this is a photo of the Apollo-Soyuz crew’s trip to the White House in September 1974 to meet President Gerald Ford, who had been in office for a month. During the visit, everyone in the ASTP entourage wore a lapel pin of the mission patch. This photo shows Alexei Leonov pinning the badge on President Ford and making him a part of the “team.”
Men’s fashion dictates that lapel pins should be worn on the left side of the suit, and that only one pin should be worn at one time. Everyone in the room that day was following this rule. Everyone, that is, except for Deke.
It’s hard to see in this picture, but Slayton is the only person who isn’t wearing the ASTP pin on the left side. Instead, as usual, he’s wearing his Apollo 1 astronaut pin. Other photos from the day show him wearing the ASTP pin - but on the right side of the suit, bringing his total number of lapel pins to two. Slayton had to wear the mission pin in order to fit in with the rest of the team, but he made clear which pin was priority.
It’s true that Ford was probably the fourth or fifth President that Deke had met; in fact, he’d probably seen him at several events before this day. Still, one might think that if there were any time to follow fashion etiquette to the letter, it would be a visit to the White House to pose with the leader of the free world.But Deke didn’t care.
On the left, Gus and Betty after getting married in July 1945. On the right, Gus after flying 100 combat missions in Korea.
Hat & Gloves: Astronaut wife Jane Conrad looking very chic during 1965’s Gemini 5 flight crewed by Pete Conrad and Gordo Cooper…
