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Apollo 16 - About the Apollo Movie Poster Project

Here we see the camera on the rover. It makes a nice follow up to the last poster, I think. The LM is off in the distance, and again I love the colors that it and the camera share against the gray background. Also, lunar rover footage is always fun to watch. I think this has an interesting perspective too.

AS16-115-18549 from NASA flickr (cc by-nc) / Font / Apollo 16 information

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First time seeing all of these - they’re brilliant; love each and every one : )

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AU where the last two tv shows you watched now exist in the same world

Reblog with the resulting mash-up in the tags :D

#Wonders of the Meteorite Men

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JULY 18, 1966 – On this day in 1966, two rockets blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. One was the Gemini-Titan 10 rocket carrying astronauts John Young and Michael Collins. The other was the unmanned Agena Target Docking Vehicle. The primary goal of the Gemini 10 mission was for the two spacecraft to rendezvous and dock high above the Earth. The Agena went first; Young and Collins followed about 100 minutes later. On the 4th revolution of Earth, docking was accomplished, and the two spacecraft were linked together for the next 39 hours. On one maneuver, they fired up the 16,000 pound thrust engine of Agena’s main propulsion system to boost the combined vehicles into an orbit of 413 nautical miles, setting a new altitude record for human spaceflight.

(NASA: 1, 2)

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That top photo

#gemini 10 #john young #michael collins

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Pathfinder photographed the Martian surface and the Sojourner Rover during its mission in 1997. In the picture, the rover is taking a APXS measurement of Yogi rock on Sol 17-18 of the mission.

#mars is a world of wonders

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(18 July 1969) — The face of astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of Apollo 11 lunar landing mission, is seen in this color reproduction, taken from the third television transmission, from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the moon. Aldrin is inside the Lunar Module (LM). In the background are some the LM’s controls and displays. A LM window is on the right. The LM was still docked nose to nose with the Command and Service Modules (CSM). Apollo 11 was approximately 176,000 nautical miles from Earth, and traveling at a speed of about 3,200 feet per second when this photograph was taken. Also, in the LM with Aldrin was astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, Apollo 11 commander. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained in the Command Module (CM).

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Apollo 11 Music-Part 1: Music is an integral part of events. Topical songs have been around since wax cylinder days. Today’s feature showcases a few of these recordings—from novelties to serious—a dozen singles to stack up on the automatic 45 spindle. Open this keep reading to get detailed info and links.

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Very interesting :)