Posted on Feb 1, 2020
APOD: 2020 February 1 - Apollo 14 Heads for Home
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Apollo 14 Heads for Home." Yesterday marked the 49th anniversary of the launch of Apollo 14 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission ran from January 31 - February 9, 1971. The astronauts on board were RADM Alan Shepard, Colonel Stuart Roosa, and Navy Captain Edgar Mitchell. Shepard and Mitchell landed in the Fra Mauro Highlands and spent February 5-6, 1971 on the lunar surface.
We were stationed at Hickam AFB at that time. Where were you?
We were stationed at Hickam AFB at that time. Where were you?
APOD: 2020 February 1 - Apollo 14 Heads for Home
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APOLLO 14 Golf Shot On The Moon
Near the end of the final EVA on Apollo 14, Alan Shepard hit several golf shots on the moon, captured on the television feed. Original footage courtesy NASA.
Good Saturday Morning Maj William W. 'Bill' Price & what an historical APOD!!! Since I overslept this AM. I'm going to hit the shower before I finish my response... LOL!
I am back Major and I found a wonderful short clip of of one of the Apollo 14 astronauts (Alan Shepard) hitting a golf shot on the Moon. Edgar Mitchell is in the background https://youtu.be/f-FxhCZold0
I wonder if He got a hole in one!!! LOL!
Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan COL Mikel J. Burroughs Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Byron Howard Sr LTC Stephen F. Col Carl Whicker Maj Robert Thornton CWO3 Dennis M. LTC Wayne Brandon PO1 H Gene Lawrence Sgt Deborah Cornatzer PO3 Bob McCord CW5 Jack Cardwell TSgt Joe C. SFC Stephen Lucas SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi Col (Join to see)
I am back Major and I found a wonderful short clip of of one of the Apollo 14 astronauts (Alan Shepard) hitting a golf shot on the Moon. Edgar Mitchell is in the background https://youtu.be/f-FxhCZold0
I wonder if He got a hole in one!!! LOL!
Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Marty Hogan COL Mikel J. Burroughs Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Byron Howard Sr LTC Stephen F. Col Carl Whicker Maj Robert Thornton CWO3 Dennis M. LTC Wayne Brandon PO1 H Gene Lawrence Sgt Deborah Cornatzer PO3 Bob McCord CW5 Jack Cardwell TSgt Joe C. SFC Stephen Lucas SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi Col (Join to see)
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SSG Robert "Rob" Wentworth
Guess he had to take a Mulligan for the "Back Nine"!
I hope if our robust Economy continues, (and that is in doubt)the Space Program's exploration will continue in full force, & Mars will be in the "not too distant future".
I'd love to see this in my lifetime!
How about you?
I hope if our robust Economy continues, (and that is in doubt)the Space Program's exploration will continue in full force, & Mars will be in the "not too distant future".
I'd love to see this in my lifetime!
How about you?
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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.
Good, Saturday, February 1, 2020 morning my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price and thank you for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) [flashback to the past] Apollo 14 Heads for Home."
Image: Apollo 14 Heads for Home - Image Credit Apollo 14, NASA, JSC, ASU (Image Reprocessing - Andy Saunders)
"Explanation: When leaving lunar orbit in February 1971, the crew of Apollo 14 watched this Earthrise from their command module Kittyhawk. With Earth's sunlit crescent just peaking over the lunar horizon, the cratered terrain in the foreground is along the lunar farside. Of course, while orbiting the Moon, the crew could watch Earth rise and set, but the Earth hung stationary in the sky over Fra Mauro Base, their landing site on the lunar surface. Rock samples brought back by the Apollo 14 mission included a 20 pound rock nicknamed Big Bertha, later determined to contain a likely fragment of a meteorite from planet Earth."
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOth-BuCNY
FYI TSgt Joe C. PO1 H Gene Lawrence Sgt Kelli Mays TSgt David L. Col Carl Whicker SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj Marty Hogan SP5 Mark Kuzinski SSgt Corwin Whicker SP5 Jeannie CarleSPC Chris Bayner-CwikSSG Robert Mark Odom
SP5 Jesse EngelSSG Robert "Rob" WentworthSFC Terry WilcoxSPC Nancy GreeneSSG Franklin Briant1stsgt Glenn BrackinSP6 Stephen Rogerson
Image: Apollo 14 Heads for Home - Image Credit Apollo 14, NASA, JSC, ASU (Image Reprocessing - Andy Saunders)
"Explanation: When leaving lunar orbit in February 1971, the crew of Apollo 14 watched this Earthrise from their command module Kittyhawk. With Earth's sunlit crescent just peaking over the lunar horizon, the cratered terrain in the foreground is along the lunar farside. Of course, while orbiting the Moon, the crew could watch Earth rise and set, but the Earth hung stationary in the sky over Fra Mauro Base, their landing site on the lunar surface. Rock samples brought back by the Apollo 14 mission included a 20 pound rock nicknamed Big Bertha, later determined to contain a likely fragment of a meteorite from planet Earth."
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLOth-BuCNY
FYI TSgt Joe C. PO1 H Gene Lawrence Sgt Kelli Mays TSgt David L. Col Carl Whicker SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Maj Marty Hogan SP5 Mark Kuzinski SSgt Corwin Whicker SP5 Jeannie CarleSPC Chris Bayner-CwikSSG Robert Mark Odom
SP5 Jesse EngelSSG Robert "Rob" WentworthSFC Terry WilcoxSPC Nancy GreeneSSG Franklin Briant1stsgt Glenn BrackinSP6 Stephen Rogerson
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Excellent astronomy picture share sir, have a great Saturday sir.
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