Heron&Fox Photo#SpaceSaturday: During the early #Space Age, nearly everyone #smoked. This caused #ashtrays to become very common, even in the close environment of a launch #blockhouse or control center.
This #console, at Launch Complex 26 at Cape #Canaveral, where the first American satellite, Explorer 1 was launched, has a pull-out ashtray.
When preparing for a launch attempt, the blast doors would be closed and locked hours before launch while the fuel was loaded into the rocket, leaving only artificial ventilation. And everyone was smoking. And the bathroom was outside the blast door.
#SpaceAge, #LC26, #CapeCanaveral, #CapeCanaveralAirForceStation, #Cigarettes, #CigaretteSmoking, #CigaretteAshtray, #SpaceAndMissileMuseum, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo
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This #console, at Launch Complex 26 at Cape #Canaveral, where the first American satellite, Explorer 1 was launched, has a pull-out ashtray.
When preparing for a launch attempt, the blast doors would be closed and locked hours before launch while the fuel was loaded into the rocket, leaving only artificial ventilation. And everyone was smoking. And the bathroom was outside the blast door.
#SpaceAge, #LC26, #CapeCanaveral, #CapeCanaveralAirForceStation, #Cigarettes, #CigaretteSmoking, #CigaretteAshtray, #SpaceAndMissileMuseum, #Photograph, #Photography, #Photo
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