#thomas stafford

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"Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (right foreground), command pilot; and Eugene A. Cernan, pilot, prepare to enter the Gemini-9 spacecraft in the white room atop Pad 19 during a Gemini-9/Agena simultaneous launch demonstration. This test is a coordinated countdown of the Atlas-Agena and the Gemini-Titan vehicles. NASA and McDonnell Aircraft Corporation personnel stand by to assist with the insertion of the astronauts into the spacecraft."

Date: May 10, 1966

NASA ID: S66-33407, S66-33406

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Newly chosen astronauts (left to right) Neil Armstrong, Frank Borman, James Lovell, Thomas Stafford, Charles Conrad, John Young (kneeling), Edward White, and James McDivitt watch the launch of Walter Schirra aboard Mercury-Atlas 8, in the next-to-last mission of the Mercury program.

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The crew of the Apollo 10 talking about brownies!

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From the Apollo 10 Transcripts, June 1969

when i was fifteen, i made this comic of a conversation between the astronauts onboard the apollo 10 mission. the full conversation is linked. it’s one of my favorite snippets in history and has so many amazing moments of these astronauts real experiences as some of the first people in space. 

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Thomas Stafford died :(

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Miscellaneous mechanica

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Vermont Governor DILFs

Peter Shumlin, Jim Douglas, Phil Scott, Howard Dean, Deane C. Davis, George Aiken, F. Ray Keyser Jr., Franklin S. Billings, Charles Manley Smith, Richard A. Snelling, Harold J. Arthur, Horace F. Graham, John A. Mead, Joseph B. Johnson, Lee E. Emerson, Thomas P. Salmon, William Henry Wills, Mortimer R. Proctor, Ernest W. Gibson Jr., Robert Stafford, Philip H. Hoff, Allen M. Fletcher

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Margaret of Anjou had the most intimate interest in the wedding in 1456 of her kinswoman, Marie, daughter of Charles, count of Maine, to Thomas Courtenay, the son and heir of the earl of Devon. That this was a court-contracted marriage is suggested by the fact that Marie's wedding gown was supplied by the king's Great Wardrobe [...] The second notable marriage of 1457 to be arranged at court was that between the king's cousin, Margaret Beaufort, countess of Richmond, and her third husband, Henry Stafford, second son of the duke of Buckingham. This additional bond among the king's blood relatives buttressed the Lancastrian regime and the royal family at a time when the survival of the dynasty rested on the young shoulders of Prince Edward, the only son and heir of King Henry VI and Queen Margaret.

— Ralph A. Griffiths, "The King's Court during the Wars of the Roses" | King and Country: England and Wales in the Fifteenth Century

It is, indeed, a striking fact that no aristocratic marriages of comparable significance took place outside the court circle in these crucial years before the onset of civil war. Most — if not all — of those that did take place were probably discussed at court among magnates — Staffords, Courtenays, Beauforts, Talbots, Berkeleys, Butlers, Greys and Percies — who were loyal to the house of Lancaster and prominent at King Henry's court.

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the way people talk about certain murders/executions in history is so fascinating. we're primed to view certain people as victims (women and children, mostly) or martyrs (on some occasions literally, particularly saints), and certain people as culprits being punished for their crimes... but does anyone deserve the power to decide who lives and dies? can this ever truly be a way of delivering justice? (hint: no.) and then there's the frankly ludicrous idea that historical people in power are comic book villains for choosing to put their enemies (or people positioned as their enemies, even if there is no ill will intended towards the target) when, in an era of constantly shifting loyalties where it really was a case of do or die, it's somehow an illogical idea to kill your enemies. if you're king of england in the medieval or early modern era, of course you're going to execute potential heirs to the throne - an heir is a figurehead for rebellion, sometimes even when they're imprisoned or presumed dead! the stance that anyone deserved to meet that fate is fundamentally corrupt, and the stance that the people killing them had another option is just stupid.

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MORE Best Short Stories I Would Recommend to Anyone

Because I am a person who changes, since I made my last (apparently very popular?) post about short stories I would recommend, I have read YET EVEN MORE great short stories. Here are some additions I would like to make to that last post, and I hope y'all will seek them out:

"Secretary" - Mary Gaitskill

"The Boarding House" - James Joyce

"Revelation" - Flannery O'Connor

"House Taken Over" - Julio Cortarzar

"The Renegade" - Shirley Jackson

"The Lady of the House of Love" - Angela Carter

"The Interior Castle" - Jean Stafford

"The Man Child" - James Baldwin

"The Frolic" - Thomas Ligotti

"The Erl-King" - Angela Carter

"Blow-Up" - Julio Cortarzar

"An Encounter" - James Joyce

"Something Nice" - Mary Gaitskill

"Like Mother Used to Make" - Shirley Jackson

"Miss Brill" - Katherine Mansfield

"Bestiary" - Julio Cortarzar

"The Outing" - James Baldwin

"The Bloody Chamber" - Angela Carter

"Got a Letter From Jimmy" - Shirley Jackson

"The Echo & the Nemesis" - Jean Stafford

[fideidefenswhore]

Thomas Stafford was the ninth child and second surviving son of Henry Stafford, 1st Baron Stafford and Ursula Pole. Little is known of his early life, first being mentioned in 1550 as he travelled to Rome, where he associated with his uncle Reginald Cardinal Pole. He spent three years in Italy before travelling to Poland, obtaining the recommendation of King Sigismund Augustus who requested Mary restore him to the Dukedom of Buckingham. Augustus's appeal appeared to have no effect. When Stafford returned to England in January 1554 he joined the rebellion led by Thomas Wyatt; this arose out of concern of Mary's determination to marry Philip II of Spain. The rebellion failed and Thomas was captured and briefly imprisoned in the Fleet Prison before fleeing to France. There, he intrigued with other English exiles and continued to promote his claim to the English throne. On 18 April 1557 (Easter Sunday) Stafford sailed from Dieppe with two ships and over 30 men. Landing in Scarborough on 25 April 1557, he walked into the unprotected castle and proclaimed himself Protector of the Realm,[2] attempting to incite a new revolt by denouncing the Spanish marriage, railed against increased Spanish influence and promised to return the crown "to the trewe Inglyshe bloude of our owne naterall countrye".[1][3][4] Stafford claimed he had seen letters at Dieppe showing that Scarborough and 12 other castles would be given to Philip II and garrisoned with 12,000 Spanish soldiers before his coronation.[5] Three days later, the Earl of Westmorland recaptured the castle and arrested Stafford and his companions. Stafford was beheaded for treason on 28 May 1557 on Tower Hill, after imprisonment in the Tower of London. Thirty-two of his followers were also executed after the rebellion.[6].

[lonestarflight]

Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan's view from and of the Gemini-9A spacecraft during his extravehicular activity (EVA). Taken during the 32nd revolution of the 72-hour, 21-minute spaceflight.

"'What a beautiful spacecraft,' said Gemini IX pilot Eugene Cernan during his two hour, eight minute spacewalk. He took this wide-angle photograph looking back at the window where command pilot Tom Stafford was watching."

"Northwestern Mexico as seen from the Gemini-9A spacecraft during its 32nd revolution of Earth. The large penisula is Baja California. The body of water at lower right is the Pacific Ocean. The land mass at upper left is the State of Sonora. The Gulf of California separates Sonora from the peninsula."

Date: June 5, 1966

NASA ID: S66-38032, S66-38044, S66-38046, S66-38047, S66-38048, link, S66-37989, S66-38048, S66-38049, S66-38050, S66-38051, S66-38055, S66-38068, S66-38070

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tried making some ttte memes (30)

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[2003]

Sidney made his way into Tidmouth Yard. A pair of empty trucks stood on his line.

“Maybe those are what I’m supposed to bring back?” Sidney thought to himself.

Unfortunately, he misjudged how quickly he was coming in, and bumped into the trucks.

“Ow! Ow!” They cried.

“Sorry!” Sidney winced. “Um, are you the trucks I’m taking back to the Coaling Plant?”

“Absolutely not!” One huffed, indignantly.

“We’re going to carry fruit bound for Vicarstown, not some filthy, dusty old coal!”

“Oh.”

“Can we help you?” Asked a worker.

“Uh yeah, where should I leave these?”

“Uhh… not here.” The worker replied. “We didn’t order any coal trucks.”

“Oh. Wait - these are for Crosby!” Sidney yelped. “What am I doing?!”

The worker sighed, shrugged, then walked away.

“Sorry again,” Sidney said to the trucks. He was just starting to back away, when he heard Toby laughing.

Sidney looked over, hoping the tram engine wasn’t laughing at him.

“I’m afraid poor Thomas has lost his puff!” Toby chortled. Stafford, who was standing next to him, just looked bewildered.

“Huh. Poor Thomas.” Sidney thought aloud. He suddenly remembered that he should be on his way to Crosby, and hurried away.

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