This is what it’s like to drive a lunar rover on the moon. This is actual video taken during the Apollo 16 mission with astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke.
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The Apollo 11 astronauts carried the National Geographic Society flag with them on their journey to the moon. I just learned this while reading The Big Picture’s tribute to the 125th anniversary of National Geographic. I wonder why there isn’t a photo of it.
Specs be damned, if the final production of the Hasselblad Lunar looks anything like this, it’ll be doomed.
This is neat. LIFE Magazine has posted large scans of their Special Edition issue on August 11, 1969 commemorating the Moon Landing. Great photos inside.
If you’re still reeling from the news of Neil Armstrong’s passing, you can remember him with this fantastic site called We Chose The Moon which replays the historic Apollo 11 space flight in its entirety in real time. The site includes audio transmission, photos, behind the scenes shots, and bubbles of information for you to [...]
Just learned from BuzzFeed that former President Richard Nixon’s speechwriter, William Safire, was asked to draft a letter to address the nation should the Apollo 11 astronauts (Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong) find themselves stranded on the lunar surface (or if they die while en-route).
