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Old star map - vintage goodness ⭐️🌜#graphicdesign #design #old #stars #map #vintage #retro #astronomy

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Antique astronomical illustration of Earth’s rotation around the Sun, 1874.

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Apparent Diameters of the Sun as seen from Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, 1923.

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M37 Star Cluster by jpstanley on Flickr.

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Apollo 9 Day 3 (3-13 March 1969) —- Cyclonic storm system, located 1,200 miles north of Hawaii, as photographed from the Apollo 9 spacecraft during its 10-day, Earth-orbital space mission. This picture was made on the 124th revolution of Apollo 9. This cyclonic storm system can also be seen in the ESSA-7 photograph taken on March 11, 1969.

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(7 March 1969) —- A view of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module (LM), “Spider”, in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital mission. The landing gear on the “Spider” has been deployed. Lunar surface probes (sensors) extend out from landing gear foot pads. Inside the “Spider” were astronauts James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander, and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot. Astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot, remained at the controls in the Command Module (CM), “Gumdrop”, while the other two astronauts checked out the Lunar Module.

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The Apollo 9 Lunar Module Flies 100 miles away from the Command Module Proving the machine could fly (7 March 1969)

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Apollo 9 Crew on the 40th Anniversary in 2009

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Apollo Astronauts Jim Irwin, Dave Scott and Joe Allen in Taos, New Mexico, March 1971 doing Geology training

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A gorgeous view of the Apollo 15 Command Module and Saturn V and the Kennedy Space Center in July 1971

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Remembering Apollo 15 launched this Day in 1971 - Dave Scott, Jim Irvin and Al Worden heading for the lunar highlands at the Hadley Rille-Apennines region. It was the first of the “J missions,” long stays on the Moon, with a greater focus on science and also the first mission on which the Lunar Roving Vehicle was used.

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Manned Flight Awareness poster for Apollo 15, 1971.

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(July 1971) —- An artist’s concept of the Apollo 15 Command and Service Modules (CSM), showing two crewmembers performing a new-to-Apollo extravehicular activity (EVA). The figure at left represents astronaut Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot, connected by an umbilical tether to the CM, at right, where a figure representing astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, stands at the open CM hatch. Worden is working with the panoramic camera in the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM). Behind Irwin is the 16mm data acquisition camera. Artwork by North American Rockwell.

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Apollo 15 Enters Lunar Orbit (29 July 1971)

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Apollo 15 Undocks & Prepares to Land on the Moon (30 July 1971) —- A view of the Apollo 15 Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit as photographed from the Lunar Module (LM) just after rendezvous. The lunar nearside is in the background. This view is looking southeast into the Sea of Fertility. The crater Taruntius is at the right center edge of the picture.

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A jungle survival trainer puts a large leaf stem into the faces of several astronauts, 1967. Naturally, they are somewhat alarmed.