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Apollo / Surveyor Stereo Vie
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Apollo / Surveyor Stereo View |
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Put on your red/blue glasses and gaze into this dramatic stereo view from the surface of the Moon [ http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html ]! Inspired by last Saturday's APOD [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010303.html ], experimentor Patrick Vantuyne offers this stereo rendering of Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad visiting the Surveyor 3 spacecraft in November of 1969. To create the stereo [ http://apod.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/apod/ apod_search?stereo ] image, Vantuyne carefully combed through the pictures available for downloading from the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html ] web site to find two which would make an appropriate "stereo pair". He found [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/ images12.html#HiRes ] a pair that depicted the captivating scene from only slightly different viewpoints, approximating the separation between human eyes. Combining the two separate pictures, one tinted red and the other blue-green, with the correct offset, produces the stereo effect [ http://www.primenet.com/~deborah/ Stereo3D/ ] when viewed using red/blue glasses, the red filter covering the left eye. The color filters [ http://axon.physik.uni-bremen.de/research/stereo/ color_anaglyph/ ] guide each eye to see only the picture with the correct corresponding viewpoint and the brain interprets the result as normal stereo vision [ http://www.illusionworks.com/ ]. ("Editor's note:" While you've got those glasses [ http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/mpf/glasses.html ] on ... other web sources of astronomy and space science stereo images include the Mars Path Finder [ http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/ sitemap/anaglyph.html ] archive and a 3D Tour of the Solar System [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/research/stereo_atlas/SS3D.HTM ].) |
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Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
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Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3 |
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Apollo 12 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo12info.html ] was the second mission to land humans [ http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html ] on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/moon.html ]. The landing site was picked to be near the location of Surveyor [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/surveyor.html ] 3, a robot spacecraft that had landed on the Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ] three years earlier. In the above photograph [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/ images12.html#HiRes ], taken by lunar module pilot Alan Bean [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo/AS12/a12crew.htm ], mission commander Pete Conrad [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990715.html ] retrieves parts from the Surveyor. The lunar module [ http://www.moonlander.com/lmdata/ ] is visible [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951007.html ] in the distance. Apollo 12 [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo/AS12/a12.htm ] brought back many photographs and moon rocks. Among the milestones achieved by Apollo 12 was the deployment [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951210.html ] of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010303.html http://www-sn.jsc.nasa.gov/PlanetaryMissions/EXLibrary/ docs/ApolloCat/Part1/ALSEP.htm ], which carried out many experiments including one that measured the solar wind [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000318.html ]. |
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Apollo 12: Stereo View Near
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Apollo 12: Stereo View Near Surveyor Crater |
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This weekend's stereo picture [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo30th/moontheater/p01.html ] finds Apollo 12 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ apollo12info.html ] astronaut Pete Conrad standing on the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ ] near the southern rim of Surveyor Crater in November of 1969. With red/blue glasses you can gaze beyond [ http://users.pandora.be/patrick.vantuyne1/ ] the spacesuited Conrad across the magnificent desolation [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001209.html ] of the Moon's Ocean of Storms [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/pub/research/stereo_atlas/ HTDOCS/A2LS-BL2.HTM ]. Conrad stands next to large chunks of loose rock, debris from the small impact crater. A sampling scoop is in his right hand and a specially designed tool carrier rests by his left foot as he poses for the picture. His photographer, fellow astronaut Al Bean, captured two separate images (cataloged as AS12-49-7318 and AS12-49-7319) by doing something like a stereo "cha-cha" [ http://www.rmm3d.com/3d.encyclopedia/ single.cam.html ] ... taking the first picture while resting his weight on his right foot and the second after shifting to his left. With the first tinted blue and second red, the pair of pictures were offset and combined to create a 3D anaglyph [ http://dogfeathers.com/3d/index.html ]. Donning red/blue glasses [ http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/mpf/ glasses.html ] allows the result to be viewed with stereo vision [ http://www.udel.edu/Biology/Wags/wagart/anaglyphpage/ anaglyph.html ]. |
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Apollo 12: Stereo View Near
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Apollo 12: Stereo View Near Surveyor Crater |
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This weekend's stereo picture [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo30th/moontheater/p01.html ] finds Apollo 12 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ apollo12info.html ] astronaut Pete Conrad standing on the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/ ] near the southern rim of Surveyor Crater in November of 1969. With red/blue glasses you can gaze beyond [ http://users.pandora.be/patrick.vantuyne1/doc2.htm ] the spacesuited Conrad across the magnificent desolation [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001209.html ] of the Moon's Ocean of Storms [ http://www.lpi.usra.edu/pub/research/stereo_atlas/ HTDOCS/A2LS-BL2.HTM ]. Conrad stands next to large chunks of loose rock, debris from the small impact crater. A sampling scoop is in his right hand and a specially designed tool carrier rests by his left foot as he poses for the picture. His photographer, fellow astronaut Al Bean, captured two separate images (cataloged as AS12-49-7318 and AS12-49-7319) by doing something like a stereo "cha-cha" [ http://www.rmm3d.com/3d.encyclopedia/ single.cam.html ] ... taking the first picture while resting his weight on his right foot and the second after shifting to his left. With the first tinted blue and second red, the pair of pictures were offset and combined to create a 3D anaglyph [ http://dogfeathers.com/3d/index.html ]. Donning red/blue glasses [ http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/mpf/ glasses.html ] allows the result to be viewed with stereo vision [ http://www.udel.edu/Biology/Wags/wagart/anaglyphpage/ anaglyph.html ]. |
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Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3
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Apollo 12 Visits Surveyor 3 |
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Apollo 12 [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/apollo12info.html ] was the second mission to land humans [ http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/tv/foxapollo.html ] on the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/moon.html ]. The landing site was picked to be near the location of Surveyor [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/surveyor.html ] 3, a robot spacecraft that had landed on the Moon [ http://www.nineplanets.org/luna.html ] three years earlier. In the above photograph [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/images12.html#7134h ], taken by lunar module pilot Alan Bean [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo/AS12/a12crew.htm ], mission commander Pete Conrad [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990715.html ] jiggles [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/images12.html#7134h ] the Surveyor spacecraft to see how firmly it is situated. The lunar module [ http://www.nasm.edu/galleries/attm/nojs/a11.am.lm.1.html ] is visible [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951007.html ] in the distance. Apollo 12 [ http://www.nasm.edu/apollo/AS12/a12.htm ] brought back many photographs and moon rocks. Among the milestones achieved by Apollo 12 was the deployment [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap951210.html ] of the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package [ http://ares.jsc.nasa.gov/HumanExplore/Exploration/EXLibrary/docs/ApolloCat/Part1/ALSEP.htm ], which carried out many experiments including one that measured the solar wind [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000318.html ]. |
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Apollo 12: Surveyor 3 and In
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Apollo 12: Surveyor 3 and Intrepid |
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On April 20, 1967, NASA's robot spacecraft Surveyor 3 landed [ http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/surveyor.html ] on the moon, touching down on the inside slope of a small lunar crater in the Ocean of Storms. Over 2 1/2 years later, on November 19, 1969, the lunar module Intrepid, piloted by Apollo 12 [ http://www.nasm.edu/APOLLO/AS12/ ] astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean, flew overhead and landed nearby [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/pub/expmoon/Apollo12/A12_lsite.html ] in the second visit by humans to the lunar surface [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/SP-4214/cover.html ]. Intrepid touched down about 600 feet away and the moon walking astronauts [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12j.html ] were easily able to reach the Surveyor [ http://cass.jsc.nasa.gov/pub/expmoon/surveyor/Surveyor3.html ] and examine the remote explorer that had preceded them. Intrepid is seen in the background of this striking high resolution [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/images12.html#HiRes ] picture of Surveyor 3. Surveyor's leftmost foot pad appears dug in while its foreground foot pad has made two distinct imprints in the powdery lunar soil [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980327.html ] - clear indications that the Surveyor slid and bounced on landing. Using bolt cutters, the astronauts [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap961124.html ] removed Surveyor's TV camera (the cylinder shape at the right of the tall solar panel mast) and its sampling scoop (on the arm extended to the right), returning them to Earth for study. |
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Charles P. Conrad, Jr. 1930-
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Charles P. Conrad, Jr. 1930-1999 |
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Known for his sense of humor and infectious grin, Charles P. "Pete" Conrad [ http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/apollo/apollo12/conrad/index.html ], as commander of the Apollo 12 mission [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990408.html ], was the third person to walk on the moon. Not a tall man, Conrad stepped down onto the lunar surface in November of 1969 and gleefully commented [ http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a12/a12.eva1prelim.html ], "Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me." Born June 2nd, 1930 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Princeton University in 1953 and went on to become a Navy test pilot. Selected as a NASA astronaut in 1962, Conrad is seen here in 1965 [ http://images.jsc.nasa.gov/images/pao/GT5/10074055.htm ] during a suiting up activity in preparation for his first space flight - the endurance record setting Gemini 5 mission [ http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/history/gemini/gemini-v/gemini-v.html ]. His final space flight was to Skylab [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980510.html ] in 1973. Tragically [ ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-080.txt ], Conrad died from injuries in a motorcycle accident on Thursday, July 8 [ ftp://ftp.hq.nasa.gov/pub/pao/pressrel/1999/99-079.txt ]. |
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