Media Information
 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
Astronaut Kicks Lunar Field Goal
Explanation:
Score three points for NASA. With time running out late in Apollo 15 [ http://www.hq.nasa.…]'s mission to the Moon [ http://seds.lpl.ari…] in 1971, Astronaut David Scott [ http://cass.jsc.nas…] prepared to "split the uprights" and bring about yet another dramatic end-of-the-mission win for NASA. Scott used a special "lunar football [ http://www.nfl.com/]" designed for the rugged games held on the Moon [ http://www-curator.…]. R1D1, a predecessor to R2D2 [ http://www.starwars…], cheers from the sideline. Happy April Fools Day [ http://www.lpl.ariz…] from the folks at APOD [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. In reality, Astronaut Scott [ http://www.ksc.nasa…] adjusts one of Apollo 15's lunar experiments [ http://cass.jsc.nas…]. The foreground device [ http://cass.jsc.nas…] actually measured high-energy particles [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] that escape from the Sun [ http://www.hawastso…].
Credit and Copyright:
Apollo 15 [ http://cass.jsc.nas…] Team, NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
keyword:
Moon
keyword:
Apollo 15
facet_who:
David Scott
facet_when:
1971
facet_where:
Arizona
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Sun
facet_what:
Apollo 15
facet_what:
SCORE
facet_when_year:
1971
original url:
http://antwrp.gsfc.…
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap980401

Astronaut Kicks Lunar Field Goal
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