More photos of Carnarvon

 

John Lambie has sent these photos

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Opening Day: 25 June 1964. John writes –
That’s me on the right. (No I am not guarding the PMG [telecoms] cable marker.) To the left is Monte Sala, Digital Command System (DCS) engineer and spouse Lydia and their children near the fountain that Monte designed and built.

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The opening ceremony.

The Minister of Supply, Allen Fairhall, is at the microphone. NASA Associate Adminstrator Edmund C. Buckley is seated on the platform, in the centre of the picture.

Photo: John Lambie.


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Astronaut Wally Schirra handprint ceremony.

Station Director Lewis Wainwright at microphone, with Astronaut Walter Shirra.
Wilson Tuckey (now Member of Parliament) who was the local Publican and Carnarvon Shire President at that time, stands at left. Monte Sala is at far left in dark suit.

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Walter Shirra leaving his mark by impressing his hands into wet cement.

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John Lambie in the control room seated at the Gemini Capcom position.

“I maintained the three cabinet mounted teletype RO machines. They were always giving trouble as they had sprocket feed paper and came off the platen at an acute angle. If they were pulled roughly they would jump the sprockets and jam. I spent quite some time during missions behind the cabinet withdrawing to reset the paper, until a fix was implemented.”

Note the diagram of the Gemini control dash layout above the console. “The centre section was between the two astronauts, left side is in front of Command Pilot and right side in front of Pilot.”

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A general view of the Teletype room during the Gemini missions, showing Model 28 teletypes, equipment racks and cabinets with power supplies, loop switchboards, and line interface units.

Photo and notes: John Lambie.

RARR

Rate and Range Rate antenna.

Photo: John Lambie.

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USB receivers during Apollo days.

Photo: John Lambie.

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The Apollo Control Room at Carnarvon.

Photo: John Lambie.

Colour restoration, where needed: Colin Mackellar

 

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Station Director Lewis Wainwright (left) adds his handprints.

Photo: Jim Gregg, used by permission. Scanned by Trevor Mosel.

Hamish Lindsay at Carnarvon

Hamish Lindsay in front of the voice receivers at Carnarvon during the Gemini V mission.

 

 

Carnarvon USB – frames from a 1966 NASA film

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Alan Gilham and John Rudkin.

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Brian Milne, Fred Dykstra and Frank Vinton at the receivers.

These photos are stills from the Spacecraft Films DVD “1966 NASA Aeronautics and Space Reports” – with thanks to Spacecraft Films.


 

Paul Oats

Paul Oats near the fountain at Carnarvon.

Scan: Paul Oats via Mike Dinn.

LM model at CRO

A model of the Lunar Module at Carnarvon.

Photo: Paul Oats.