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Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magn
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Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation |
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Buzz Aldrin [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11.crew.html#buzzbio ], Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot and the second human to walk on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950922.html ], described the lunar landscape as "a magnificent desolation". Dramatic pictures from the Apollo missions to the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ ] testify to this apt turn of phrase. Near the Apollo 17 landing site, Family Mountain (center background) and the edge of South Massif (left) frame the lunarscape in this photo [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS17/ 10075963.htm ] of astronaut Harrison Schmitt [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/ a17.crew.html#jackbio ] working alongside the lunar roving vehicle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990701.html ]. Schmitt and fellow astronaut Eugene Cernan [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a17/ a17.crew.html#genebio ] were the last to walk on [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000617.html ] this magnificent desolation. |
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Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun
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Apollo 11: Catching Some Sun |
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Bright sunlight [ http://www.clavius.org/index.html ] glints and long dark shadows dramatize [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000224.html ] this image of the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a11/a11j.html ] taken by Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first to walk on the Moon [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/expmoon/lunar_missions.html ]. Pictured is the mission's lunar module, the Eagle, and spacesuited lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin unfurling [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap020720.html ] a long sheet of foil also known as the Solar Wind Collector [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/expmoon/Apollo11/ A11_Experiments_SWC.html ]. Exposed facing the Sun, the foil trapped atoms streaming outward in the solar wind, ultimately catching a sample of material from the Sun [ http://www.genesismission.org/index.html ] itself. Along with moon rocks and lunar soil samples, the solar wind collector was returned for analysis [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/ SP-4214/ch9-6.html ] in earthbound laboratories. |
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Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magn
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Apollo 17 Lunarscape: A Magnificent Desolation |
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Buzz Aldrin [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a11.crew.html#buzzbio ], Apollo 11 Lunar Module pilot and the second human to walk on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950922.html ] described the lunar landscape as "a magnificent desolation". Dramatic pictures from the Apollo missions to the moon's surface [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/ ] testify to this apt turn of phrase. Near the Apollo 17 landing site, Family Mountain (center background) and the edge of South Massif (left) frame the lunarscape in this photo [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/AS17/10075963.htm ] of astronaut Harrison Schmitt [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a17.crew.html#jackbio ] working alongside the lunar roving vehicle [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960223.html ]. Schmitt and fellow astronaut Eugene Cernan [ http://ees5-www.lanl.gov/APOLLO/a17.crew.html#genebio ] were the last to walk on [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap950909.html ] this magnificent desolation. |
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