Posted on May 3, 2021
APOD: 2021 May 3 - Apollo 11: Earth, Moon, Spaceship
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Good morning, Rallypoint. Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) is titled "Apollo 11: Earth, Moon, Spaceship." Toby Ord is a Senior Research Fellow in Philosophy at Oxford University, and has taken on the hobby of restoring photographs from the Apollo era as part of that research. Those photos--each made with a Hasselblad 500 EL, Zeiss Lenses (
APOD: 2021 May 3 - Apollo 11: Earth, Moon, Spaceship
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Love and Rockets - Earth, Sun, Moon
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Thank you my friend Maj William W. 'Bill' Price for posting the NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) for Monday, May 3, 2021 entitled "Apollo 11: Earth, Moon, Spaceship."
Image: Apollo 11 - Earth, Moon, Spaceship - Image Credit - NASA, Apollo 11; Restoration - Toby Ord
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"Image Credit: NASA, Apollo 11; Restoration - Toby Ord
Explanation: After the most famous voyage of modern times, it was time to go home. After proving that humanity has the ability to go beyond the confines of planet Earth, the first humans to walk on another world -- Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin -- flew the ascent stage of their Lunar Module back to meet Michael Collins in the moon-orbiting Command and Service Module. Pictured here on 1969 July 21 and recently digitally restored, the ascending spaceship was captured by Collins making its approach, with the Moon below, and Earth far in the distance. The smooth, dark area on the lunar surface is Mare Smythii located just below the equator on the extreme eastern edge of the Moon's near side. It is said of this iconic image that every person but one was in front of the camera"
Love and Rockets - Earth, Sun, Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWuPJLtIxvg
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC (Join to see)MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Samuel Kermon SSG Franklin Briant A1C Riley SandersSPC Michael Oles SR TSgt David L. Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt Tom Burns SGT Denny Espinosa 1SG Fred "SARGE" Bucci SPC Nancy Greene SMSgt Tom Burns
Image: Apollo 11 - Earth, Moon, Spaceship - Image Credit - NASA, Apollo 11; Restoration - Toby Ord
APOD Background
"Image Credit: NASA, Apollo 11; Restoration - Toby Ord
Explanation: After the most famous voyage of modern times, it was time to go home. After proving that humanity has the ability to go beyond the confines of planet Earth, the first humans to walk on another world -- Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin -- flew the ascent stage of their Lunar Module back to meet Michael Collins in the moon-orbiting Command and Service Module. Pictured here on 1969 July 21 and recently digitally restored, the ascending spaceship was captured by Collins making its approach, with the Moon below, and Earth far in the distance. The smooth, dark area on the lunar surface is Mare Smythii located just below the equator on the extreme eastern edge of the Moon's near side. It is said of this iconic image that every person but one was in front of the camera"
Love and Rockets - Earth, Sun, Moon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWuPJLtIxvg
FYI COL Mikel J. Burroughs SMSgt Lawrence McCarter Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen LTC (Join to see)MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Sgt Albert Castro PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SSG Samuel Kermon SSG Franklin Briant A1C Riley SandersSPC Michael Oles SR TSgt David L. Maj Marty Hogan SMSgt Tom Burns SGT Denny Espinosa 1SG Fred "SARGE" Bucci SPC Nancy Greene SMSgt Tom Burns
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cowboy junkies - blue moon revisited (a song for elvis)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9D2yvD9Frk
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9D2yvD9Frk
FYI CSM Bruce TregoSPC Woody Bullard CPL Douglas ChryslerCpl (Join to see) SFC William Farrell SPC Michael TerrellSSG Paul Headlee SPC Michael Duricko, Ph.D SSG Michael Noll SPC Randy Zimmerman Sgt Vance Bonds Cpl Vic Burk PO1 H Gene Lawrence Maj William W. 'Bill' Price SSgt Clare May SPC Diana D. SSG Bill McCoy PO2 (Join to see) Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr Lt Col Charlie Brown
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SPC Michael Oles SR SSG (Join to see) LTC Tom McNew CPL Ronald Keyes Jr Jennifer Lee (Doerflinger) Hill Sgt William Hodges PO1 Theresa Aldrich Capt Christian D. Orr SGT Damaso V Santana MAJ (Join to see) 1SG Fred "SARGE" Bucci Cpl James R. " Jim" Gossett Jr Maj Densel Galloway PO3 Galon Miller MSgt John McGowan SGT (Join to see) LTC James McElreath CPO Nate S. SSgt (Join to see) A1C Riley Sanders
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