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Apollo 17 Astronaut Cernan Adjusts U.S. Flag on Lunar Surface by NASA on The Commons on Flickr.Via Flickr:Collection: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center CollectionName of Image: Apollo 17 Astronaut Cernan Adjusts U.S. Flag on Lunar SurfaceFull Description: In this Apollo 17 onboard photo, Mission Commander Eugene A. Cernan adjusts the U.S. flag deployed upon the Moon. The seventh and last manned lunar landing and return to Earth mission, the Apollo 17, carrying a crew of three astronauts: Cernan; Lunar Module pilot Harrison H. Schmitt; and Command Module pilot Ronald E. Evans, lifted off on December 7, 1972 from the Kennedy Space Flight Center (KSC). Scientific objectives of the Apollo 17 mission included geological surveying and sampling of materials and surface features in a preselected area of the Taurus-Littrow region, deploying and activating surface experiments, and conducting in-flight experiments and photographic tasks during lunar orbit and transearth coast (TEC). These objectives included: Deployed experiments such as the Apollo lunar surface experiment package (ALSEP) with a Heat Flow experiment, Lunar seismic profiling (LSP), Lunar surface gravimeter (LSG), Lunar atmospheric composition experiment (LACE) and Lunar ejecta and meteorites (LEAM). The mission also included Lunar Sampling and Lunar orbital experiments. Biomedical experiments included the Biostack II Experiment and the BIOCORE experiment. The mission marked the longest Apollo mission, 504 hours, and the longest lunar surface stay time, 75 hours, which allowed the astronauts to conduct an extensive geological investigation. They collected 257 pounds (117 kilograms) of lunar samples with the use of the Marshall Space Flight Center developed LRV. The mission ended on December 19, 1972Reference Number: MSFC-75-SA-4105-2CMIX #: 7036672NIX #: MSFC-7036672MSFC Negative Number: 7036672UID: SPD-MARSH-7036672Original url: mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=2977SOURCE: nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~9~9~60243~164090Visit www.nasaimages.org for the most comprehensive compilation of NASA stills, film and video, created in partnership with Internet Archive.
2 ♥ / 21 March, 2012
Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth - Blue Marble 2012 by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr.Via Flickr: January 25, 2012 A ‘Blue Marble’ image of the Earth taken from the VIIRS instrument aboard NASA’s most recently launched Earth-observing satellite - Suomi NPP. This composite image uses a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. The NPP satellite was renamed ‘Suomi NPP’ on January 24, 2012 to honor the late Verner E. Suomi of the University of Wisconsin. Suomi NPP is NASA’s next Earth-observing research satellite. It is the first of a new generation of satellites that will observe many facets of our changing Earth. Suomi NPP is carrying five instruments on board. The biggest and most important instrument is The Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite or VIIRS. To read more about NASA’s Suomi NPP go to: npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.html Credit: NASA/NOAA/GSFC/Suomi NPP/VIIRS/Norman KuringNASA image use policy.NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.Follow us on TwitterLike us on FacebookFind us on Instagram
5 ♥ / 26 January, 2012
Earth, as Seen by Astronauts Eugene Cernan, Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt from Apollo 17 by The U.S. National Archives on Flickr.Via Flickr:U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: NWDNS-412-DA-11344From: Series: DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency’s Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern, compiled 1972-1977 (Record Group 412)Created by: Environmental Protection Agency. (12/02/1970 - )Production Date: 12/1972Photographer: NASA 1Persistent URL: arcweb.archives.gov/arc/action/ExternalIdSearch?id=553803Repository: Still Picture Unit of the National Archives at College Park (College Park, MD) For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the U.S. National Archives’ Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html. Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. The U.S. National Archives maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html. Buy copies of selected National Archives photographs and documents at the National Archives Print Shop online: gallery.pictopia.com/natf/photo/ Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted
47 ♥ / 10 November, 2011
sp by woodcum on Flickr.
17 ♥ / 13 September, 2011
First View of Earth Taken by a Spacecraft from the Vicinity of the Moon by NASA Goddard Photo and Video on Flickr.
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