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J. Steven York RESISTS

The model was scaled to the Monogram First Lunar Landing model kit, because I happened to have one of the astronaut figures from that laying around. It would have been VERY small, like mini-van sized probably. I was comparing it to narrow-gauge logging and agricultural railroads here on Earth, where things are scaled down. I designed a locomotive and passenger cars too, on paper, but never built them.
#NASA #space #spaceflight #apolloprogram #apollo11 #plasticModels #spaceModeling

Assembled Monogram plastic model kit (originally from the 1960s, frequently reissued, maybe still today, not sure) with a Apollo lunar module on a diorama base, complete with craters and footprints for the two astronauts. Also included were reproductions of the instrument packages left on the Moon. The retroreflector on the middle-right is still useable today to bounce lasers that astronomer's telescopes can detect, and is used to accurately measure the Moon's distance. I used one of the astronauts to scale my boxcar model. (Photo borrowed via MonstersInMotion.com)
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New Space Economy

Florida’s Thriving Aerospace Industry: Leading the Way in Space Exploration and Innovation

#AncillaryServices #Apollo #ApolloProgram #BlueOrigin #Business #CommercialSpace #Cybersecurity #Earth #Employment #EnvironmentalImpact #Financial #Infrastructure #Investment #KennedySpaceCenter #Launch #Life #Lunar #Military #Moon #NASA #NorthropGrumman #Professionals #Research #Rockets #Satellites #Science #SpaceExploration #SpaceForce #SpaceTourism #Spacecraft #Spaceports #SpaceX #Startups #SupplyChain #Technology #UnitedStates #EditorSPicks #Emerging #Launch #News #Noteworthy #PolicyLawAndRegulation #SocioEconomic #SpaceEconomy

https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2024/03/25/floridas-thriving-aerospace-industry-leading-the-way-in-space-exploration-and-innovation/

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New Space Economy

Most Americans support NASA – but don’t think it should prioritize sending people to space

#AntiSatelliteWeapons #Apollo #ApolloProgram #Artemis #Asteroids #Astronauts #BlueOrigin #Canada #China #Constellations #Defense #Earth #Europe #Government #GPS #HumanSpaceflight #Japan #Launch #Militarization #Military #Moon #NASA #PlanetaryDefense #Radar #Research #Rockets #Russia #SatelliteTechnology #Satellites #Science #SpaceDebris #SpaceExploration #SpaceIndustry #SpaceShuttle #SpaceStation #Spacecraft #Spaceflight #SpaceX #Technology #UnitedNations #UnitedStates #VirginGalactic #IndustryReportsPapersAndEBooks #PolicyLawAndRegulation #SocioEconomic #SpaceEconomy

https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2024/03/21/most-americans-support-nasa-but-dont-think-it-should-prioritize-sending-people-to-space/

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New Space Economy

Laser Retroreflector Arrays: Enabling Precise Navigation and Ranging in Space

#ApolloProgram #Artemis #DeepSpace #Earth #ESA #GNSS #Government #GPS #Infrastructure #Lunar #Mars #Materials #Moon #NASA #Navigation #RemoteSensing #Satellites #Science #SpaceEconomy #Spacecraft #Technology #GroundSegment #Infrastructure #SatelliteApplications #SpaceEconomy #SpaceSegment #Upstream

https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2024/02/12/laser-retroreflector-arrays-enabling-precise-navigation-and-ranging-in-space/

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Daniel M.

"The moment of humankind's first voyage to the Moon and back was captured in a series of photos taken at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observing Station in Maui, Hawaii. They show the trans-lunar injection rocket burn which sent Apollo 8 hurtling out of Earth orbit toward the Moon on December 21, 1968"

#Spaceflight #Apolloprogram #Apollo8 #TLI

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airandspace.si.eduPhotographing Apollo 8's Orbit Toward the MoonThe moment of humankind's first voyage to the Moon and back was captured in a series of photos taken by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observing Station in Maui, Hawaii. They show the trans-lunar injection rocket burn which sent Apollo 8 hurtling out of Earth orbit toward the Moon on December 21, 1968–perhaps the only such images that exist.
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Heron&Fox Photo

In spite of the joke that NASA spent a million dollars developing a pen that could write in space, while the Soviets just used a pencil, the real story is more complicated.
In reality, US astronauts used pencils, crayons, and grease pencils, as did Soviet cosmonauts. None were an adequate solution.
Paul #Fischer, of Fischer #Pen Company, had been working on a pen that could write upside down or in any other position, something useful for many jobs, and offered it to NASA at a discount of $3 per pen.
When the Soviets eventually turned up asking for pen, they had to pay full retail.

Get a print or other item with this image at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/o

#NASA, #Apollo, #ApolloProgram, #SpacePen, #FischerPenCompany, #PaulFischer, #Photograph

An indoor photograph of a museum display of a silver pen with text to its left reading, “#AG7 Original Astronaut Space Pen. The AG7 was used on Apollo 7 after two years of rigorous testing by NASA. This Original Astronaut Pen has been used on every Apollo missions thereafter. It’s how our brand became world renown.” The background a white arc the white lights beneath.
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SETI Institute

#PPOD: This oblique view of the Moon was taken from the Lunar Module during the Apollo 12 mission on 1969-11-19 and shows the 107 km diameter Copernicus crater near the horizon at the center of the frame. Reinhold crater, 42 km across, is in the foreground. The Carpathian mountain range is visible on the horizon at the lower left. This area is just to the north of the Apollo 12 landing site. The view is looking northeast. Credit: NASA

This oblique view of the Moon was taken from the Lunar Module during the Apollo 12 mission on 1969-11-19 and shows the 107 km diameter Copernicus crater near the horizon at the center of the frame. Reinhold crater, 42 km across, is in the foreground. The Carpathian mountain range is visible on the horizon at the lower left. This area is just to the north of the Apollo 12 landing site. The view is looking northeast.
#moon#apolloprogram#nasa
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Heron&Fox Photo

Today is the anniversary of the #Apollo11 Moon landing!
At Kennedy #Space Center’s Visitor Complex, it’s possible to visit the #Apollo / Saturn V Center, where a #SaturnV #rocket is on display, with its stages separated.
These are the 5 J-2 engines that powered the S-II stage that was the second stage on the Saturn V.
They burned liquid hydrogen (#LH2) and liquid oxygen (#LOX). This high-energy combination of propellants made it much easier for the United States to build a successful #Moon mission, whereas the Soviets were forced to stick with hypergolic fuels or kerosene, making lunar missions impractical.
Get a print or other merchandise at heronfox.pixels.com/featured/s

#KennedySpaceCenterVisitorsComplex, #KSC, #ApolloSaturnFiveCenter, #J2 #RocketEngine, #J2Engine, #ApolloProgram, #MoonLanding

An indoor photograph of five rocket metal rocket engines, with many complicated hoses and pipes and wires, attached to a white metal cylinder. The engines are the five Jay Two rocket engines that powered the S Two upper stage for the Saturn Five rocket, which took humans to the Moon.
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Heron&Fox Photo

#SpaceSaturday: The #Apollo 14 Command Module, named Kitty Hawk for the first place a heavier-than-air aircraft took off, just decades before #spacecraft took people to the #Moon.
#KittyHawk is on display at the #museum at the Kennedy #Space Center Visitors Complex’s Apollo/Saturn V Center, alongside a full-sized #SaturnV #rocket. It was recovered from the Pacific Ocean after landing by the USS New Orleans.
It sent Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell to the Moon, and Stuart Roosa into lunar orbit along on #KittyHawk.
#Photograph, #Photography, #Photograph, #Apollo14, #KennedySpaceCenter, #KSC, #KSCVC, #ApolloSaturnVCenter, #USSNewOrleans, #CommandModule, #ApolloProgram, #ApolloCommandMondule, #Florida, #FlowSpacecraft
heronfox.pixels.com/featured/a

A photograph of a scorched Apollo Command Module, a cone-shape with a rounded bottom. The surface is mostly scorched brown and orange. The hatch is open, allowing the view of the complex opening system and inside the capsule. A rail occupies the foreground at the bottom of the image.A photograph of a scorched Apollo Command Module, a cone-shape with a rounded bottom. The surface is mostly scorched brown and orange. The hatch is open, allowing the view of the complex opening system and inside the capsule. A rail occupies the foreground at the bottom of the image.
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