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“Apollo 8's High Gain Antenna seen during pre-launch preparations.”
“Near to the Earth, the spacecraft's omni-directional antennae (and a VHF backup) provide all the communications required. As they leave the Earth's vicinity, the signal strength weakens to the point that only low-speed comms are possible. High-speed comms require an antenna with a higher gain than the omnis. The High Gain Antenna (HGA) fulfils this role.
During launch, the HGA was stowed, folded behind the Service Module alongside the SPS engine bell. After separation from the S-IVB, it is deployed to the side of the SM. It consists of four 79-cm (31-inch) parabolic dishes clustered around a 28-cm (11-inch) square feedhorn. The dish assembly is mounted on an articulated joint at the end of the support arm and can be pointed at Earth under manual or automatic control. The antenna works in the 2 gigahertz range (within what is known as the S-band) and has three modes of operation: wide, intended for near-Earth operation; medium, for distances up to halfway to the Moon; narrow, for up to lunar distances though even here a wide beamwidth was often used to help the automatic systems acquire Earth.”
The above at/from the superlative Apollo Flight Journal website, specifically Apollo 8 in this instance:
apollojournals.org/afj/ap08fj/03day1_green_sep.html
Also:
ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720012253/downloads/1972001...
The photo is posted in order to satiate my current quandary pertaining to the Apollo Service Module high-gain antenna (primarily stowage & deployment mechanics)...and, actually, the more I look at it, the nearby smaller box-like appendage - seen at the top edge of this photo, with the red & white doodads in its immediate vicinity. But mostly, the lack of available photographic documentation of exclusively SM assembly, check-out/testing, etc.
And...specifically...what's up with the white SMs?!?
I’ve crudely edited & enlarged the image to my (and possibly your) taste.
All this, as a result of my posting of the (below) linked photo...ugh.
Online "official" version at:
science.ksc.nasa.gov/mirrors/images/images/pao/AS8/100749...
A much better version at!:
"Apollo 8 view of moon. High lunar mountain range rears up abruptly from a level region in this Apollo 8 picture from lunar orbit. Apollo 8 was launched from NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center Dec. 21, 1968, and carried its three man crew into lunar orbit for a 20-hour stay on Christmas Eve."
Wow. Seriously...no one knew, or bothered to check that this is Tsiolkovsky Crater, with its ‘abruptly rearing’ central peak, on the far side??? And it’s incorrectly numbered as AS8-14-2540...why not. At least the caption correctly identifies it as being the moon & didn't use 'blasted off".
The view is looking roughly S-SE.
The rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft near 110 degrees east longitude. The horizon, about 570 kilometers (350 statute miles) from the spacecraft, is near the eastern limb of the moon as viewed from Earth. Width of the view at the horizon is about 150 kilometers (95 statute miles). On Earth 240,000 statute miles away the sunset terminator crosses Africa. The crew took the photo around 10:40 a.m. Houston time on the morning of Dec. 24, and that would make it 15:40 GMT on the same day. The South Pole is in the white area near the left end of the terminator. North and South America are under the clouds.
No watermark; however, with the thick "A KODAK PAPER" feel.
Interesting reading:
amp.timeinc.net/time/5475697/apollo-8-50-years-later
Credit: AMP content website
Also, so so cool:
www.planetary.org/explore/space-topics/earth/pics-of-eart...
Credit: The Planetary Society website
48 years ago - December 1968
Happy Holidays to all my Flickr friends and to everyone on "the good earth".
23-11-2019: Volleybal: Vrouwen Apollo 8 v Dros Alterno: Borne
[L-R] Sanne Konijnenberg, Romy Hietbrink of Dros-Alterno, Juliët Huisman of Apollo8
Happy 50th anniversary La Silla Observatory
from yours @Spaceholix
with our travelbuddies,
the #SpaceMascots
@PinkLilDragon & houseguest @CamillaSpace
Thank YOU for being such a vital part of #TheCreationOfSpaceInspiration - not only for our family!
By discovering @ESO on social media back in 2012 during your #ESO50Years contest
YOU -amongst other space and science agencies- daily increased my curiosity and my wish to learn more about things out of my everyday business,
to explore and try things well outside my comfort zone and to #DareMightyThings.
One small step led to another and by nurturing that seed in me, an amazing journey gained speed for the three of us.
Thanks to the #MagicPowerOfSocialMedia,
my family and I explored some the most amazing places, met some the most inspiring people ever since, connected with people from all walks of life and from all around our beautiful #BlueDot sharing our passion for #Space and #Science - turning into an ever growing #SpaceFamily.
Thus YOU helped to enrich our lives with numerous unforgettable and often #ForrestGumpLikeMemories.
In a few of my entries for your first contest #ESO50Years #GoParanal from 2012 I wrote that I want to inspire my little one and to show him the beauty of our world and our universe and I am happy that -so far- we had many great chances doing so and I am looking forward to the future.
Sometimes I am wondering, how this German gal here with no professional scientific background at all did become a certified #AsteroidHunterRookie and #MeteoriteHunterRookie, live tweeted from @CERN‘s #LHC and -together with my family attended many space / science events by ESA and NASA TEDx and SpaceUp conferences traveling around our marble,...
... Organizing small space gatherings and sharing my art work and little mementos of our adventures specially designed for many of those events with all attendees AND speakers became a fond tradition in the past 7 years.
And having seen many astronauts, from Mercury and Apollo who flew to and walked on the moon to today’s inhabitants of the #ISS, astronomers, scientists, and our growing #SpaceFamily wearing my badges and lanyards and having them sign our Thank You posters always makes me smile.
And having become a member of the #IAAA (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASTRONOMICAL ARTISTS iaaa.org), with my artwork being auctioned off by Apollo astronauts and a painting which will be exhibited under #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis on 21.12.2018 during the #Apollo8 #Earthrise celebration also marking the launch of project #Constellation created by Nicole Passonno Stott, Ron Garan, Anousheh Ansari and Leland Melvin AT Kennedy Space Center in Florida will forever be surreal.
As THIS is the place where I finally fell in love with everything around #Space during watching my 1st of 3 #SpaceShuttle launches of #STS115 back in 2006.
AND from where I sent my very first tweet EVER on July 8th 2011, while watching the final launch of #Shuttle #Atlantis together with @LightspeedLeo on the day he turned 9 months old. What a birthday candle that was.
#OneSmallStepForHumankindOneGiantLeapForMe
I LOVE it, when things come to full circles ;-)
simonkregar.com/constellationearthrise
I am so looking forward to the day when our now 8 year old son will understand, whom he met since being a toddler and to which places we were invited.
So I want to thank all of you around @ESO for inviting the public to #ReachingBeyondTheStars -literally and figuratively and for doing what you do.
You all make a difference.
And knowing that OUR story is only one of many inspired by your work is amazing.
#SharedMemoriesAreTheBest
My thanks also go to:
@bethbeck @NASA @NASASocial
@ExploreSpaceKSC @NASA_Johnson @NASAJPL @spacesuitart
@esa @ESA_de @esaoperations @ESA_EAC
@DLR_de @DLR_en @social4space
@CERN @GSI_DE @GSI_en @ScienceTweetup
@ASE_Astronauts @NASA_Astronauts
@Spacefest @ArtOfAstronomy
@SpaceUpConf
@GriffithObserv @VaticanObserv @keckobservatory @LowellObs
@AlanStern @NewHorizons2015 @OneEarthMessage
@NASAHubble @HUBBLE_space
@SGAC @NEOProjectsSGAC
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Piction ID: 83885391 Aldrin, Edwin E. Jr.--Please tag these photos so information can be recorded.---Note: This material may be protected by Copyright Law (Title 17 U.S.C.)--Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum
When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 in 1957, it terrified the United States. The nation had already been moving towards launching satellites, but it had been going slowly, and the fact that the USSR was ahead was a shock. Nor would it get any better: in 1961, the Soviets put Yuri Gagarin into orbit on Vostok 1. Even as the US struggled to catch up, it seemed like the Soviets owned space: a Russian orbited first, made the first rendezvous, put the first woman in space, made the first spacewalk. With the Cold War at one of its peaks, something had to be done. President John F. Kennedy put the challenge to both NASA and the American people: beat the Soviets to the Moon.
This task had to be done in steps. First came Project Mercury, which was to get single-man capsules into space at all. Then Gemini got two astronauts up at a time and practiced long duration flights and rendezvous in space. Apollo, with three-man spacecraft, would get men to the Moon. The technical challenges alone, just for Apollo, were staggering: how to get there, how to put astronauts on the Moon safely, and how to get them home. Eventually, NASA settled on a three-part spacecraft: the command module (CM) that would carry the three astronauts into orbit and home; the service module (SM) that held fuel and oxygen; and the lunar module (LM) that would take two of the three down to the Moon's surface and back. All three would be "stacked" atop a Saturn V rocket, the most powerful rocket ever constructed. Of the gigantic structure, only the CM would actually return home.
Before the Apollo program actually got to the Moon, however, there was going to be a lot of testing--especially after the Apollo 1 fire took the lives of three astronauts. NASA took each step at a time, sending up unmanned missions to test equipment (Apollo 4 through 6), then a manned mission (Apollo 7). Apollo 8 was originally supposed to be another test mission, but circumstances intervened: the LM was behind schedule, morale at NASA was declining because of the delays, and there was a real fear that the Soviets would still win the Space Race. A Russian spacecraft, Zond 5, had sent turtles to the Moon and back, and there was no telling if the Soviets were even then readying a cosmonaut or two to make the trip. (As it turned out, the Soviets had fallen behind, due to their own setbacks with the Soyuz program.) The result was that Apollo 8 would go to the Moon, with just the CM, and orbit it.
Originally, another crew, led by James McDivitt, were supposed to be on Apollo 8, but McDivitt turned it down as that crew was training to use the LM. NASA then assigned James Lovell, Frank Borman, and William Anders to Apollo 8--Borman would be mission commander, despite Lovell being the more experienced astronaut. Apollo 8 launched on 21 December 1968.
Generally speaking, the mission went off without issues, though there were constant fears in NASA, especially about course adjustment "burns" near the Moon. No one knew what the crew would run into or how the Moon's gravity would affect the spacecraft; if the burns went wrong, the three men would die. Also complicating matters was that Borman got very sick on the trip to the Moon, though this turned out to be a temporary space sickness caused by spatial disorentation. They arrived at the Moon on Christmas Eve.
For the next 20 hours, Apollo 8 took hundreds of pictures, as the three crew became the first humans to visit another celestial body, set a record for being the furthest away from Earth (a record later broken by Lovell again, aboard Apollo 13), and were the first humans to see in person the dark side of the Moon. Other than not getting enough sleep, the crew performed their duties without a problem; their photos and research were crucial to the eventual success of Apollo reaching and landing on the Moon.
Finally, on Christmas Day, Apollo 8 left the Moon to return home (the crew reading a passage from Genesis on the way), and splashed down safely on 27 December. They were recovered by the carrier USS Yorktown (CVS-10) and returned home to a hero's welcome. 1968 had been a very bad year for the United States, with the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Robert Kennedy, the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, and riots at home, but the success of Apollo 8 seemed to promise a better future--or, as one letter written to the crew stated, "You saved 1968."
Today, as of this writing, all three crew are still alive. The Apollo 8 capsule briefly went on display in Japan in 1970 as part of the World Expo, but was later donated to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
Apollo 8 has a personal connection for me: my father was on the Navy tracking team aboard the USS Yorktown. He tracked Apollo 8 from reentry to splashdown (and complimented Lovell's navigation, which was done with a sextant as a backup to the computer!), got to watch the capsule's recovery, and briefly met Borman aboard the ship. (The astronauts were quarantined aboard the Yorktown, but Dad ran into Borman while the latter was being escorted to the bathroom.) For the rest of his life, Dad was proud to have been a small part of the Apollo program, and wore an Apollo 8 patch on his informal flight suit. He would also go on to help track the first Space Shuttle mission, though by that time he was in the USAF and assigned to Space Command.
Dad passed away in 2013, but not before I got to visit the Museum of Science and Industry in 2009 and get this picture. Dad was happy that a member of the family was able to "reconnect" with Apollo 8, and hoped to visit himself at some point. Sadly, that never happened, but he loved this picture.
“The third flight version of the second stage (S-II) rocket of the Saturn V space vehicle is lifted into the new A-1 test stand at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Mississippi Test Facility (MTF). This marks the first time that the A-1 stand will be used to static fire a second stage rocket. Previous versions of the S-II were static fired in the A-2 test stand.”
Photo previously used for press publication purposes, hence the hand outlined rims of four of the five J-2 engine nozzles. It’s transporter, with its arced cradles - on the moored transport barge - is visible to the right of the test stand.
Note also the pretty snazzy "MTF PHOTO LAB" logo in the lower right.
The following would seem to confirm vehicle identification:
Appolo 8 by Brian Smith aged 7 and a half
Mixed media: felt, wool, cotton wool, bit of someone's jumper, PVA glue on card
It's 40 years ago today that Apollo 11, with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins became the first manned flight to land on the Moon.
Today I remembered that one of the few pieces of artwork that I produced in my Primary School years survived and was stored in amongst the piles of photographs upstairs. A quick manned expedition up there soon uncovered it.
Ok, the spelling wasn't great back then, but I remember being well chuffed when Miss Irvine chose this to be displayed in the corridor (maybe she couldn't spell Apollo either). I was 7 or 8 years old at the time and it's not the famous Apollo 11 flight that's been illustrated, but the Apollo 8 mission that launched on December 21st 1968 (when I would have been 1 year, 2 months and 2 weeks old exactly). This mission was the first to orbit the moon and paved the way for the eventual moon landing nearly two years later. I'm not sure why I chose this one, but it was indeed a piece of artwork that became prophetic as I did become an astronaut with NASA.
I wished...
Ok, it was prophetic in a way as it encouraged my artistic side so that in later years I became a Graphic Designer and now teach Art and Design at college.
Can't remember the last time I seen a drawing or painting of a Saturn V rocket though.
One of the museums popular exhibits is the 1954 hatchery that has helped many rare breeds survive. We actually saw many freshly hatched chickens.
Sony a6000 + Sony E PZ 16-50mm 1:3.5-5.6 OSS
"Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) in the Mission Control Center (MCC), Building 30, on the third day of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. Seen on the television monitor is a picture of the earth, which was telecast from the Apollo 8 spacecraft 176,000 away.”
A beautiful Hasselblad photograph of the earth taken by the crew at nearly the time of the telecast:
spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo8/html/a...
Note the match of the cloud features, illumination, phase, etc. See also the Comment section photo. So so cool.
I believe the gentleman in the suit coat, seated on the farthest right to be Chris Kraft, Director of Flight Operations. Note - at this time - the lack of any mission emblems along the wall on the right, above the windows.
spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo8/html/s...
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The prize is a trip to #Kourou to witness a launch of an @Arianespace rocket by posting a #SpaceSelfie and having attended one of the #SpaceTalks events.
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These @Spaceholix here already traveled around our world to see 3 #SpaceShuttle , 1 #Delta and 1 #Soyuz launch into the sky.
We shared many unforgettable memories with many friends from all around the globe and all walks of life over the past 12 years, since our first launch at #KSC Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex...
Soon I'll be adding a really surreal thing:
Spilling some beans here:
one of my artworks will be EXHIBITED THERE at #KSC in Florida
on 21.12.2018 at the #50thAnniversary of #Apollo8 #Earthrise celebrations UNDER #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis during the opening of the Constellation.Earth tour.
This is a wonderful project founded by astronauts
* Nicole Passonno Stott @Astro_Nicole * Ron Garan @Astro_Ron
* Anousheh Ansari @AnoushehAnsari
* Leland Melvin @Astro_Flow.
„This event will mark the launch of a worldwide movement, motivated by their experience in space, to inspire hope and positive change to ensure our planet is a thriving home for all.“
Such an honor to have my design #TheCreationOfSpaceInspiration being chosen together with masterpieces by 15 other inspiring #SpaceArtists from all around the world.
Many of them are also members of our wonderful #IAAA
IAAA - International Association of Astronomical Artists
So these posts by Nicole and their Simon Kregar Jr. - the art director of Constellation Foundation made me smile A LOT 😃
www.facebook.com/98079374671/posts/10157469421524672/
simonkregar.com/constellationearthrise
More #ForrestGumpLikeMoments added to our #SharedMemories
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Apollo 8 Launch Control, Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex, Titusville, FL. Part of the exhibits at the KSC Visitor Complex, these are not mock-ups, but the actual stations mission controllers sat at during the launch of Apollo 8. These days, they are part of a presentation that includes the last few minutes of the countdown to the launch of this moon mission.
..And there was Light!
♫♪♪ ♫ Mike Oldfield - "Let there be Light"
The Apollo 8 Christmas Eve Broadcast
Apollo 8, the first manned mission to the Moon, entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1968. That evening, the astronauts; Commander Frank Borman, Command Module Pilot Jim Lovell, and Lunar Module Pilot William Anders did a live television broadcast from lunar orbit, in which they showed pictures of the Earth and Moon seen from Apollo 8. Lovell said, "The vast loneliness is awe-inspiring and it makes you realize just what you have back there on Earth." They ended the broadcast with the crew taking turns reading from the book of Genesis.
William Anders:
"For all the people on Earth the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send 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."
Here's the original footage with Bill Anders' voice!
Photo taken today just outside my house with a Canon G10
©2010 Steve Gatto
Near vertical view of the lunar farside as photographed from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. The center of the picture is located approximately at 162 degrees west longitude and 6 degrees south latitude.
The area photographed appears to be at/just inside the western (and just barely southern) rim of Korolev Crater.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korolev_(lunar_crater)
Interestingly, I could not find this frame identified on any of the Apollo Mission 8 Lunar Photography Index Maps at the LPI website.
"This is a photograph taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking back at the Saturn V third (S-IVB) stage from which the spacecraft had just separated following trans-lunar injection. Attached to the S-IVB is the Lunar Module Test Article (LTA) which simulated the mass of a Lunar Module (LM) on the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. The 29-feet panels of the Spacecraft LM Adapter which enclosed the LTA during launch have already been jettisoned and are out of view. Sunlight reflected from small particles shows the "firefly" phenomenon which was reported by astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. during the first Earth-orbital flight, Mercury-Atlas 6 (MA-6) of the Mercury Program."
spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/apollo/apollo8/html/a...
Unfortunately, the referenced "firefly" phenomenon is visible in the preceding frames.
space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/lta-b.htm
Credit: GUNTER’S SPACE PAGE website
13-10-2019: Volleybal: Apollo8 v Eurosped: Borne
Eredivisie volleybal
[L-R] Carlijn Koebrugge , Kim Klein Lankhorst of Apollo8 , Charlotte Haar , Susanne Kos of Eurosped
This SH-3 Sea King was assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Four (HS-4).
HS-4 was the first anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter squadron of the U.S. Navy to deploy aboard an aircraft carrier, the escort carrier USS Rendova.
HS-4 was on scene for Apollo missions 8, 10, 11, 12, and 13. The recovery was always made by "Helicopter 66". The helicopter's flight number was changed from "66" to "740", as after the Apollo 11 recovery the U.S. Navy had switched to a three number squadron designator - but the helicopter was repainted with the number "66" for each recovery thereafter for public relations reasons. HS-4 earned a Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) for these recoveries. For the recovery of Apollo 13 in April 1970, HS-4 was assigned to the helicopter carrier USS Iwo Jima.
Helicopter "66" now sits on display on the USS Midway (CV-41) in San Diego, CA.
Author Craig Nelson (off image) moderates a conversation with
Apollo astronauts Dr. Buzz Aldrin and Captain James A. Lovell, Jr.
(off image) during an Adler Planetarium event celebrating the 40th
anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing. 22 July 2009.
© 2009 José Francisco Salgado, PhD
I just bought some NASA slides from 1968 with photos of the Apollo 8 Mission. Amazing. :)
probably kodachromes.
This SH-3 Sea King was assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Four (HS-4).
HS-4 was the first anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter squadron of the U.S. Navy to deploy aboard an aircraft carrier, the escort carrier USS Rendova.
HS-4 was on scene for Apollo missions 8, 10, 11, 12, and 13. The recovery was always made by "Helicopter 66". The helicopter's flight number was changed from "66" to "740", as after the Apollo 11 recovery the U.S. Navy had switched to a three number squadron designator - but the helicopter was repainted with the number "66" for each recovery thereafter for public relations reasons. HS-4 earned a Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) for these recoveries. For the recovery of Apollo 13 in April 1970, HS-4 was assigned to the helicopter carrier USS Iwo Jima.
Helicopter "66" now sits on display on the USS Midway (CV-41) in San Diego, CA.
Happy 50th anniversary La Silla Observatory
from yours @Spaceholix
with our travelbuddies,
the #SpaceMascots
@PinkLilDragon & houseguest @CamillaSpace
Thank YOU for being such a vital part of #TheCreationOfSpaceInspiration - not only for our family!
By discovering @ESO on social media back in 2012 during your #ESO50Years contest
YOU -amongst other space and science agencies- daily increased my curiosity and my wish to learn more about things out of my everyday business,
to explore and try things well outside my comfort zone and to #DareMightyThings.
One small step led to another and by nurturing that seed in me, an amazing journey gained speed for the three of us.
Thanks to the #MagicPowerOfSocialMedia,
my family and I explored some the most amazing places, met some the most inspiring people ever since, connected with people from all walks of life and from all around our beautiful #BlueDot sharing our passion for #Space and #Science - turning into an ever growing #SpaceFamily.
Thus YOU helped to enrich our lives with numerous unforgettable and often #ForrestGumpLikeMemories.
In a few of my entries for your first contest #ESO50Years #GoParanal from 2012 I wrote that I want to inspire my little one and to show him the beauty of our world and our universe and I am happy that -so far- we had many great chances doing so and I am looking forward to the future.
Sometimes I am wondering, how this German gal here with no professional scientific background at all did become a certified #AsteroidHunterRookie and #MeteoriteHunterRookie, live tweeted from @CERN‘s #LHC and -together with my family attended many space / science events by ESA and NASA TEDx and SpaceUp conferences traveling around our marble,...
... Organizing small space gatherings and sharing my art work and little mementos of our adventures specially designed for many of those events with all attendees AND speakers became a fond tradition in the past 7 years.
And having seen many astronauts, from Mercury and Apollo who flew to and walked on the moon to today’s inhabitants of the #ISS, astronomers, scientists, and our growing #SpaceFamily wearing my badges and lanyards and having them sign our Thank You posters always makes me smile.
And having become a member of the #IAAA (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASTRONOMICAL ARTISTS iaaa.org), with my artwork being auctioned off by Apollo astronauts and a painting which will be exhibited under #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis on 21.12.2018 during the #Apollo8 #Earthrise celebration also marking the launch of project #Constellation created by Nicole Passonno Stott, Ron Garan, Anousheh Ansari and Leland Melvin AT Kennedy Space Center in Florida will forever be surreal.
As THIS is the place where I finally fell in love with everything around #Space during watching my 1st of 3 #SpaceShuttle launches of #STS115 back in 2006.
AND from where I sent my very first tweet EVER on July 8th 2011, while watching the final launch of #Shuttle #Atlantis together with @LightspeedLeo on the day he turned 9 months old. What a birthday candle that was.
#OneSmallStepForHumankindOneGiantLeapForMe
I LOVE it, when things come to full circles ;-)
simonkregar.com/constellationearthrise
I am so looking forward to the day when our now 8 year old son will understand, whom he met since being a toddler and to which places we were invited.
So I want to thank all of you around @ESO for inviting the public to #ReachingBeyondTheStars -literally and figuratively and for doing what you do.
You all make a difference.
And knowing that OUR story is only one of many inspired by your work is amazing.
#SharedMemoriesAreTheBest
My thanks also go to:
@bethbeck @NASA @NASASocial
@ExploreSpaceKSC @NASA_Johnson @NASAJPL @spacesuitart
@esa @ESA_de @esaoperations @ESA_EAC
@DLR_de @DLR_en @social4space
@CERN @GSI_DE @GSI_en @ScienceTweetup
@ASE_Astronauts @NASA_Astronauts
@Spacefest @ArtOfAstronomy
@SpaceUpConf
@GriffithObserv @VaticanObserv @keckobservatory @LowellObs
@AlanStern @NewHorizons2015 @OneEarthMessage
@NASAHubble @HUBBLE_space
@SGAC @NEOProjectsSGAC
@ESA_Rosetta @Philae2014 @ESA_Gaia
@MeteoriteMen @GeoffNotkin
@Spacerockslive @NSS
... and many more ...
Twitter @4tuneQkie
Facebook ALeox Neumann
Happy 50th anniversary La Silla Observatory
from yours @Spaceholix
with our travelbuddies,
the #SpaceMascots
@PinkLilDragon & houseguest @CamillaSpace
Thank YOU for being such a vital part of #TheCreationOfSpaceInspiration - not only for our family!
By discovering @ESO on social media back in 2012 during your #ESO50Years contest
YOU -amongst other space and science agencies- daily increased my curiosity and my wish to learn more about things out of my everyday business,
to explore and try things well outside my comfort zone and to #DareMightyThings.
One small step led to another and by nurturing that seed in me, an amazing journey gained speed for the three of us.
Thanks to the #MagicPowerOfSocialMedia,
my family and I explored some the most amazing places, met some the most inspiring people ever since, connected with people from all walks of life and from all around our beautiful #BlueDot sharing our passion for #Space and #Science - turning into an ever growing #SpaceFamily.
Thus YOU helped to enrich our lives with numerous unforgettable and often #ForrestGumpLikeMemories.
In a few of my entries for your first contest #ESO50Years #GoParanal from 2012 I wrote that I want to inspire my little one and to show him the beauty of our world and our universe and I am happy that -so far- we had many great chances doing so and I am looking forward to the future.
Sometimes I am wondering, how this German gal here with no professional scientific background at all did become a certified #AsteroidHunterRookie and #MeteoriteHunterRookie, live tweeted from @CERN‘s #LHC and -together with my family attended many space / science events by ESA and NASA TEDx and SpaceUp conferences traveling around our marble,...
... Organizing small space gatherings and sharing my art work and little mementos of our adventures specially designed for many of those events with all attendees AND speakers became a fond tradition in the past 7 years.
And having seen many astronauts, from Mercury and Apollo who flew to and walked on the moon to today’s inhabitants of the #ISS, astronomers, scientists, and our growing #SpaceFamily wearing my badges and lanyards and having them sign our Thank You posters always makes me smile.
And having become a member of the #IAAA (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASTRONOMICAL ARTISTS iaaa.org), with my artwork being auctioned off by Apollo astronauts and a painting which will be exhibited under #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis on 21.12.2018 during the #Apollo8 #Earthrise celebration also marking the launch of project #Constellation created by Nicole Passonno Stott, Ron Garan, Anousheh Ansari and Leland Melvin AT Kennedy Space Center in Florida will forever be surreal.
As THIS is the place where I finally fell in love with everything around #Space during watching my 1st of 3 #SpaceShuttle launches of #STS115 back in 2006.
AND from where I sent my very first tweet EVER on July 8th 2011, while watching the final launch of #Shuttle #Atlantis together with @LightspeedLeo on the day he turned 9 months old. What a birthday candle that was.
#OneSmallStepForHumankindOneGiantLeapForMe
I LOVE it, when things come to full circles ;-)
simonkregar.com/constellationearthrise
I am so looking forward to the day when our now 8 year old son will understand, whom he met since being a toddler and to which places we were invited.
So I want to thank all of you around @ESO for inviting the public to #ReachingBeyondTheStars -literally and figuratively and for doing what you do.
You all make a difference.
And knowing that OUR story is only one of many inspired by your work is amazing.
#SharedMemoriesAreTheBest
My thanks also go to:
@bethbeck @NASA @NASASocial
@ExploreSpaceKSC @NASA_Johnson @NASAJPL @spacesuitart
@esa @ESA_de @esaoperations @ESA_EAC
@DLR_de @DLR_en @social4space
@CERN @GSI_DE @GSI_en @ScienceTweetup
@ASE_Astronauts @NASA_Astronauts
@Spacefest @ArtOfAstronomy
@SpaceUpConf
@GriffithObserv @VaticanObserv @keckobservatory @LowellObs
@AlanStern @NewHorizons2015 @OneEarthMessage
@NASAHubble @HUBBLE_space
@SGAC @NEOProjectsSGAC
@ESA_Rosetta @Philae2014 @ESA_Gaia
@MeteoriteMen @GeoffNotkin
@Spacerockslive @NSS
... and many more ...
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Happy 50th anniversary La Silla Observatory
from yours @Spaceholix
with our travelbuddies,
the #SpaceMascots
@PinkLilDragon & houseguest @CamillaSpace
Thank YOU for being such a vital part of #TheCreationOfSpaceInspiration - not only for our family!
By discovering @ESO on social media back in 2012 during your #ESO50Years contest
YOU -amongst other space and science agencies- daily increased my curiosity and my wish to learn more about things out of my everyday business,
to explore and try things well outside my comfort zone and to #DareMightyThings.
One small step led to another and by nurturing that seed in me, an amazing journey gained speed for the three of us.
Thanks to the #MagicPowerOfSocialMedia,
my family and I explored some the most amazing places, met some the most inspiring people ever since, connected with people from all walks of life and from all around our beautiful #BlueDot sharing our passion for #Space and #Science - turning into an ever growing #SpaceFamily.
Thus YOU helped to enrich our lives with numerous unforgettable and often #ForrestGumpLikeMemories.
In a few of my entries for your first contest #ESO50Years #GoParanal from 2012 I wrote that I want to inspire my little one and to show him the beauty of our world and our universe and I am happy that -so far- we had many great chances doing so and I am looking forward to the future.
Sometimes I am wondering, how this German gal here with no professional scientific background at all did become a certified #AsteroidHunterRookie and #MeteoriteHunterRookie, live tweeted from @CERN‘s #LHC and -together with my family attended many space / science events by ESA and NASA TEDx and SpaceUp conferences traveling around our marble,...
... Organizing small space gatherings and sharing my art work and little mementos of our adventures specially designed for many of those events with all attendees AND speakers became a fond tradition in the past 7 years.
And having seen many astronauts, from Mercury and Apollo who flew to and walked on the moon to today’s inhabitants of the #ISS, astronomers, scientists, and our growing #SpaceFamily wearing my badges and lanyards and having them sign our Thank You posters always makes me smile.
And having become a member of the #IAAA (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASTRONOMICAL ARTISTS iaaa.org), with my artwork being auctioned off by Apollo astronauts and a painting which will be exhibited under #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis on 21.12.2018 during the #Apollo8 #Earthrise celebration also marking the launch of project #Constellation created by Nicole Passonno Stott, Ron Garan, Anousheh Ansari and Leland Melvin AT Kennedy Space Center in Florida will forever be surreal.
As THIS is the place where I finally fell in love with everything around #Space during watching my 1st of 3 #SpaceShuttle launches of #STS115 back in 2006.
AND from where I sent my very first tweet EVER on July 8th 2011, while watching the final launch of #Shuttle #Atlantis together with @LightspeedLeo on the day he turned 9 months old. What a birthday candle that was.
#OneSmallStepForHumankindOneGiantLeapForMe
I LOVE it, when things come to full circles ;-)
simonkregar.com/constellationearthrise
I am so looking forward to the day when our now 8 year old son will understand, whom he met since being a toddler and to which places we were invited.
So I want to thank all of you around @ESO for inviting the public to #ReachingBeyondTheStars -literally and figuratively and for doing what you do.
You all make a difference.
And knowing that OUR story is only one of many inspired by your work is amazing.
#SharedMemoriesAreTheBest
My thanks also go to:
@bethbeck @NASA @NASASocial
@ExploreSpaceKSC @NASA_Johnson @NASAJPL @spacesuitart
@esa @ESA_de @esaoperations @ESA_EAC
@DLR_de @DLR_en @social4space
@CERN @GSI_DE @GSI_en @ScienceTweetup
@ASE_Astronauts @NASA_Astronauts
@Spacefest @ArtOfAstronomy
@SpaceUpConf
@GriffithObserv @VaticanObserv @keckobservatory @LowellObs
@AlanStern @NewHorizons2015 @OneEarthMessage
@NASAHubble @HUBBLE_space
@SGAC @NEOProjectsSGAC
@ESA_Rosetta @Philae2014 @ESA_Gaia
@MeteoriteMen @GeoffNotkin
@Spacerockslive @NSS
... and many more ...
Twitter @4tuneQkie
Facebook ALeox Neumann
This SH-3 Sea King was assigned to Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Four (HS-4).
HS-4 was the first anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter squadron of the U.S. Navy to deploy aboard an aircraft carrier, the escort carrier USS Rendova.
HS-4 was on scene for Apollo missions 8, 10, 11, 12, and 13. The recovery was always made by "Helicopter 66". The helicopter's flight number was changed from "66" to "740", as after the Apollo 11 recovery the U.S. Navy had switched to a three number squadron designator - but the helicopter was repainted with the number "66" for each recovery thereafter for public relations reasons. HS-4 earned a Meritorious Unit Commendation (MUC) for these recoveries. For the recovery of Apollo 13 in April 1970, HS-4 was assigned to the helicopter carrier USS Iwo Jima.
Helicopter "66" now sits on display on the USS Midway (CV-41) in San Diego, CA.
"Apollo Missions" Apollo "Apollo 8" "Apollo 10" "Apollo 11" "Apollo 12" "Apollo 13" "Helicopter 66" 66
Cover page from the book 'Full Moon' signed by the Apollo astronauts who I have had the good fortune to meet.
Happy 50th anniversary La Silla Observatory
from yours @Spaceholix
with our travelbuddies,
the #SpaceMascots
@PinkLilDragon & houseguest @CamillaSpace
Thank YOU for being such a vital part of #TheCreationOfSpaceInspiration - not only for our family!
By discovering @ESO on social media back in 2012 during your #ESO50Years contest
YOU -amongst other space and science agencies- daily increased my curiosity and my wish to learn more about things out of my everyday business,
to explore and try things well outside my comfort zone and to #DareMightyThings.
One small step led to another and by nurturing that seed in me, an amazing journey gained speed for the three of us.
Thanks to the #MagicPowerOfSocialMedia,
my family and I explored some the most amazing places, met some the most inspiring people ever since, connected with people from all walks of life and from all around our beautiful #BlueDot sharing our passion for #Space and #Science - turning into an ever growing #SpaceFamily.
Thus YOU helped to enrich our lives with numerous unforgettable and often #ForrestGumpLikeMemories.
In a few of my entries for your first contest #ESO50Years #GoParanal from 2012 I wrote that I want to inspire my little one and to show him the beauty of our world and our universe and I am happy that -so far- we had many great chances doing so and I am looking forward to the future.
Sometimes I am wondering, how this German gal here with no professional scientific background at all did become a certified #AsteroidHunterRookie and #MeteoriteHunterRookie, live tweeted from @CERN‘s #LHC and -together with my family attended many space / science events by ESA and NASA TEDx and SpaceUp conferences traveling around our marble,...
... Organizing small space gatherings and sharing my art work and little mementos of our adventures specially designed for many of those events with all attendees AND speakers became a fond tradition in the past 7 years.
And having seen many astronauts, from Mercury and Apollo who flew to and walked on the moon to today’s inhabitants of the #ISS, astronomers, scientists, and our growing #SpaceFamily wearing my badges and lanyards and having them sign our Thank You posters always makes me smile.
And having become a member of the #IAAA (INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASTRONOMICAL ARTISTS iaaa.org), with my artwork being auctioned off by Apollo astronauts and a painting which will be exhibited under #SpaceShuttle #Atlantis on 21.12.2018 during the #Apollo8 #Earthrise celebration also marking the launch of project #Constellation created by Nicole Passonno Stott, Ron Garan, Anousheh Ansari and Leland Melvin AT Kennedy Space Center in Florida will forever be surreal.
As THIS is the place where I finally fell in love with everything around #Space during watching my 1st of 3 #SpaceShuttle launches of #STS115 back in 2006.
AND from where I sent my very first tweet EVER on July 8th 2011, while watching the final launch of #Shuttle #Atlantis together with @LightspeedLeo on the day he turned 9 months old. What a birthday candle that was.
#OneSmallStepForHumankindOneGiantLeapForMe
I LOVE it, when things come to full circles ;-)
simonkregar.com/constellationearthrise
I am so looking forward to the day when our now 8 year old son will understand, whom he met since being a toddler and to which places we were invited.
So I want to thank all of you around @ESO for inviting the public to #ReachingBeyondTheStars -literally and figuratively and for doing what you do.
You all make a difference.
And knowing that OUR story is only one of many inspired by your work is amazing.
#SharedMemoriesAreTheBest
My thanks also go to:
@bethbeck @NASA @NASASocial
@ExploreSpaceKSC @NASA_Johnson @NASAJPL @spacesuitart
@esa @ESA_de @esaoperations @ESA_EAC
@DLR_de @DLR_en @social4space
@CERN @GSI_DE @GSI_en @ScienceTweetup
@ASE_Astronauts @NASA_Astronauts
@Spacefest @ArtOfAstronomy
@SpaceUpConf
@GriffithObserv @VaticanObserv @keckobservatory @LowellObs
@AlanStern @NewHorizons2015 @OneEarthMessage
@NASAHubble @HUBBLE_space
@SGAC @NEOProjectsSGAC
@ESA_Rosetta @Philae2014 @ESA_Gaia
@MeteoriteMen @GeoffNotkin
@Spacerockslive @NSS
... and many more ...
Twitter @4tuneQkie
Facebook ALeox Neumann