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APOD: 2020 March 3 - Apollo 13 Views of the Moon
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Apollo 13 Views of the Moon." Next month will mark the 50th anniversary of Apollo 13. In order to get home, the astronauts had to traverse the proverbial "dark side of the Moon" at what still remains the highest absolute altitude attained by a crewed spacecraft: 400,171 kilometers (248,655 mi) from Earth at 7:21 pm EST, April 14 (00:21:00 UTC April 15), 1970.
What did they see? Using additional data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), we get a sense of what the astronauts experienced as they began their journey home. This video clip (2:24) is pretty spectacular. Speakers up.
What did they see? Using additional data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO), we get a sense of what the astronauts experienced as they began their journey home. This video clip (2:24) is pretty spectacular. Speakers up.
APOD: 2020 March 3 - Apollo 13 Views of the Moon
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It is awe-inspiring to think about what a few brave men did strapped to giant rocket with basically a pocket calculator for a computer.
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Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Floyd - (Speak To Me - Breathe) / Any Colour You Like A video I always wanted to make, Enjoy. Leave a comment.
Thank you, my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Video of the Day (AVOD) for Tuesday, March 3, 2020 entitled "Apollo 13 Views of the Moon."
Video: Apollo 13 Views of the Moon - Video Credit - NASA, LRO; Data Visualization - Ernie Wright (USRA); Video Production & Editing: David Ladd (USRA); Music - Visions of Grandeur, Universal Production Music, Fredrick Wiedmann
"Explanation: What if the only way to get back to Earth was to go around the far side of the Moon? Such was the dilemma of the Apollo 13 Crew in 1970 as they tried to return home in their unexpectedly damaged spacecraft. With the Moon in the middle, their perilous journey substituted spectacular views of the lunar far side for radio contact with NASA's Mission Control. These views have now been digitally recreated from detailed images of the Moon taken by the robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The featured video starts by showing Earth disappear behind a dark lunar limb, while eight minutes later the Sun rises around the opposite side of the Moon and begins to illuminate the Moon's unusual and spectacularly cratered surface. Radio contact was only re-established several minutes after that, as a crescent Earth rose into view. With the gravity of the Moon and the advice of many industrious NASA engineers and scientists, a few days later Apollo 13 opened its parachutes over the Pacific Ocean and landed safely back on Earth."
Thank you, my friends Maj Marty Hogan and TSgt Joe C. for mentioning me.
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOth-BuCNY
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Video: Apollo 13 Views of the Moon - Video Credit - NASA, LRO; Data Visualization - Ernie Wright (USRA); Video Production & Editing: David Ladd (USRA); Music - Visions of Grandeur, Universal Production Music, Fredrick Wiedmann
"Explanation: What if the only way to get back to Earth was to go around the far side of the Moon? Such was the dilemma of the Apollo 13 Crew in 1970 as they tried to return home in their unexpectedly damaged spacecraft. With the Moon in the middle, their perilous journey substituted spectacular views of the lunar far side for radio contact with NASA's Mission Control. These views have now been digitally recreated from detailed images of the Moon taken by the robotic Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The featured video starts by showing Earth disappear behind a dark lunar limb, while eight minutes later the Sun rises around the opposite side of the Moon and begins to illuminate the Moon's unusual and spectacularly cratered surface. Radio contact was only re-established several minutes after that, as a crescent Earth rose into view. With the gravity of the Moon and the advice of many industrious NASA engineers and scientists, a few days later Apollo 13 opened its parachutes over the Pacific Ocean and landed safely back on Earth."
Thank you, my friends Maj Marty Hogan and TSgt Joe C. for mentioning me.
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOth-BuCNY
FYI Sgt (Join to see)CPT Paul Whitmer1SG Steven Imerman
SSG Samuel KermonSP5 Geoffrey VannersonCol Casey "Radio" G.
SFC John LichSgt Jackie JuliusSFC Richard WilliamsonSFC (Join to see)John Chubb SGT Steve McFarlandCol Carl WhickerPVT Kenneth KrauseSP5 Jeannie CarleSPC Chris Bayner-CwikTSgt David L.
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Apollo 13 Views of the Moon in 4K
Apollo 13 Views of the Moon in 4K. This video uses data gathered from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft to recreate some of the stunning views of t...
Apollo 13 Views of the Moon in 4K. This video uses data gathered from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft to recreate some of the stunning views of the Moon that the Apollo 13 astronauts saw on their perilous journey around the farside in 1970. These visualizations, in 4K resolution, depict many different views of the lunar surface, starting with earthset and sunrise and concluding with the time Apollo 13 reestablished radio contact with Mission Control. Also depicted is the path of the free return trajectory around the Moon, and a continuous view of the Moon throughout that path. All views have been sped up for timing purposes — they are not shown in "real-time."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcrTVkxzVv0
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcrTVkxzVv0
FYI PO1 Robert GeorgeSSG Robert Mark OdomSSG Robert "Rob" Wentworth COL Mikel J. Burroughs 1SG (Join to see) 1SG Steven Imerman SGT John Melvin SGT (Join to see) CWO3 (Join to see) PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Maj Robert Thornton SFC (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland MSG Andrew White Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D.
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