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23-11-2019: Volleybal: Vrouwen Apollo 8 v Dros Alterno: Borne
Kirsten Broring of Dros-Alterno smasht.
23-11-2019: Volleybal: Vrouwen Apollo 8 v Dros Alterno: Borne
Weer een punt van Rianne Vos of Apollo8
My Uncle Stan was stationed on the USNS Vanguard which was a satellite tracking ship used during the Apollo, Soyez and Skylab NASA missions. We obviously followed the missions closely and I vividly remember Christmas Eve 50 years ago when the crew of Apollo 8 made a short statement for the world…
And so, Anders spoke first:
"We are now approaching lunar sunrise, and for all the people back on Earth, the crew of Apollo 8 has a message that we would like to send to you.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
Lovell read next:
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
Borman finished:
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas – and God bless all of you, all of you on the good Earth.
13-10-2019: Volleybal: Apollo8 v Eurosped: Borne
Eredivisie volleybal
[L-R] Dagmar Boom , Mariane 't Lam Scholten , Vera Mulder , Charlotte Haar , Susanne Kos of Eurosped
We interrupt this transmission…
Do you remember? I recall exactly which bridge I was crossing while listening to radio chatter between Apollo 8 and Houston. Later, decades later, that bridge fell into the river. During the broadcast, I remember the comms blackout as Apollo 8 did its laps around the Moon. The late Jim Lovell was aboard that craft in what was effectively a proof of concept for later missions, and the first time humans had popped over in-person for a close-up squiz at the neighbouring rock. A recorded greeting from Jim Lovell was up there again today. I was a bit late this morning. If things had been different, I'd have commemorated today's comms blackout on time. Ignore the EXIF timestamp. It's set to daylight savings time; an hour ahead. All the same, the Artemis II mission had, by this time, called home.
As far as we know, there were only four lifeforms looking back while I was poking my lens at the sky. Knowing that the Moon was above my horizon at this point, when the crew did reconnect, it would have been through the Canberra Deep Space Communication Centre at Tidbinbilla. Madrid would take over later, and I suppose, eventually Goldstone picked up the baton. Someone will know! When the Apollo 11 landing was first beamed down, the signal was acquired by the dish at Honeysuckle Creek. Forget the movie — hint: it's a movie! Now, that dish is at Tidbinbilla. Is that 1960s vintage dish the one handling comms with Artemis II today?
No one is saying much, but over the hill from Tidbinbilla, at Mount Stromlo, it is understood that the Australian National University was conducting an experiment in laser communications with Artemis II. I wonder if that's another box ticked, a leap like having the capacity — all these decades later — to do another lap around the Moon?
Now, we return to our usual programming.