Rolex Submariner 1680 onboard Space Shuttle
The November 1995 space shuttle “Atlantis” STS-74 was the 4th mission of the 1995-1998 US/Russian Shuttle-Mir program and the 2nd docking with the Russian space station. During the 4 year program, many spaceflight firsts ocurred, first NASA astronaut to fly onboard a Soyuz capsule (March 1995 - Norman Thagard) and first NASA astronaut to spacewalk in a Russian Orlan space suit (April 1997 - Jerry Linenger).
US Marine Corps aviator, STS-74 shuttle commander Kenneth Cameron made his third & final spaceflight, a special occasion during which he wore his Rolex Submariner 1680 “Red” diving toolwatch 8 days 4 hours 30 minutes in space. This was the third time a Rolex Submariner was flown in space, as US Navy Captain NASA astronaut William Shepherd had worn his Rolex Submariner 5513 during 1990 Discovery STS-41 and 1992 Columbia STS-52.
(Photos: NASA)
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January 23... remembering NASA astronaut William Pogue
In 1966, USAF test pilot William “Bill” Pogue was selected as NASA astronaut in group 5 and started training for the Apollo lunar & Skylab space station missions.
Between November 1973 and February 1974, Pogue was pilot for NASA’s Skylab 4 space station mission which lasted 84 days 1 hour.
During that mission, both SL-4 commander Gerald Carr (Movado Datachron HS360 automatic) and William Pogue (Seiko 6139-6005 automatic) were the first astronauts to wear an automatic chronograph in space!
However, as in this 1966 portrait, there’re several photos showing William Pogue clearly wearing his gold Oyster Perpetual Date pilot watch, even during desert survival training.
(Photo: NASA)