Posted in Astronomy at 20:00 on 3 May 2021
Only 24 people have ever had the chance to see a view like this – or photograph it. The 24 astronauts of the Apollo Programme who made it to the Moon and back.
From Astronomy Picture of the Day for 29/4/21, a digitally restored photograph of the whole of planet Earth from its nightside, the last picture of its kind so far to be taken by human hands.
Posted in Astronomy at 20:00 on 27 December 2019
From Astronomy Picture of the Day for 19/12/19.
Apollo 17’s lunar module Challenger’s ascent stage.
Despite all the irregular angles these spacecraft had a kind of beauty.
Apollo 17’s mission commander Gene Cernan can be seen through the triangular window. This was the last mission to land men on the Moon.
47 years ago.
Posted in Astronomy at 00:06 on 23 July 2013
The above is a photo of the Earth and Moon as taken from the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn.
A slightly different view is given on yesterday’s Astronomy Picture of the Day.
The photo was taken on July 19th.
The JPL site (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) has more.
