Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Apollo 9

Apollo 9

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Original – Apollo 9 mission, David Scott stands in the open hatch of the Command Module, photographed by Russell Schweickart from outside of the Lunar Module, March 6, 1969. The mission was in preparation for the Apollo 11 first moon landing of July 1969.

Image 2 as a set – Russell Schweickart photographed by David Scott during the same spacewalk. The mutual photography of the two astronauts is covered in the section Apollo 9#Mission highlights in the 7th paragraph. Per User:Coffeeandcrumbs

Reason: Quality lead image in Apollo 9. Eye catching photo of David Scott (photographed) standing in the open hatch of the Command Module, photographed by astronaut Russell Schweickart from outside of the Lunar Module. Interesting fact: as noted below by User:C&C and as the article says, the two astronauts are mutually photographing each other, with each holding a camera in these photos. Per the article: "The mission was flown to qualify the Lunar Module for lunar orbit operations in preparation for the first Moon landing by demonstrating its descent and ascent propulsion systems, showing that its crew could fly it independently, then rendezvous and dock with the Command Module again, as would be required for the first crewed lunar landing."
Articles in which this image appears: Apollo 9, David Scott, +2
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Space/Getting there
Creator: NASA / Russell L. Schweickart, edited by Coffeeandcrumbs

Support as nominator original or as a set, I prefer a set – Bammesk (talk) 15:02, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Comment – I never got around to it but I meant to nominate this as a pair with File:Schweickart Apollo 9 EVA (AS09-19-2982).jpg. These photos are even more notable when you realize they document, from both POV, the second two-person EVA in history, the first being Soyuz 5 from which there are no photos that we know of. David Scott is holding a camera pointed at Russell L. Schweickart who took this photo. In the other photo, we have the reverse with Schweickart hold the camera that took this photo of Scott. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 15:39, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A set nomination is harder to pass IMO, there is no uniform agreement on what constitutes a set, examples [1] [2]. Two separate noms may have a better chance. However, I added the second image to the nom, in case there is support for it. Bammesk (talk) 17:02, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support either original or as a set. --- C&C (Coffeeandcrumbs) 14:53, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support either this alone, or the suggested pair. --Janke | Talk 15:47, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I added the suggested second photo. Feel free to vote for either image individually or as a set. Bammesk (talk) 17:23, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
SupportEither the first image, but preferably as a pair. Not only do they showcase an important historic event but the photographs themselves are quite beautiful. This is an era of space travel we will never live again; the retro spacesuits are quite eye-catching. Having both images reference each other is a nice touch as well :). Good find OP Fbrh47 (talk) 15:18, 23 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support original or as a set. MER-C 15:19, 29 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Armbrust, I think the vote by User:Fbrh47 applies to the set, so I see a slight preference for the set. I updated my vote as well. Bammesk (talk) 01:32, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I thought so too, but set nominations need to be closed manually and didn’t have the time to do that. Will close this once I got home from work. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 03:51, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Gumdrop Meets Spider - GPN-2000-001100.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:16, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Promoted File:Schweickart Apollo 9 EVA (AS09-19-2982).jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 18:16, 3 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]