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stsmithva
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posted 03-28-2019 03:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for stsmithva   Click Here to Email stsmithva     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
This is interesting: a 15-minute IMAX movie called "To Plant a Flag" will be playing at Smithsonian IMAX movies. Tickets are just $2.

In preparation for the moon landing in 1969, NASA sent a team of astronaut to the lunar landscapes of Iceland. Their hi-tech training mission soon discovers what obstacles one can meet when facing an Icelandic sheep farmer.
The lunar EVA suit costumes look pretty high-fidelity. They probably didn't just pop some mission-used suits out of storage for this.

Buel
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posted 03-28-2019 04:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Buel   Click Here to Email Buel     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Interesting.

Can anyone provide any photos/information on their visits to Iceland? I’m due to visit this year and would enjoy finding out more.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 03-28-2019 04:42 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
See: Apollo astronaut training in Iceland from The Exploration Museum in Húsavík, Iceland.

Larry McGlynn
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posted 03-28-2019 08:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Larry McGlynn   Click Here to Email Larry McGlynn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Went to Iceland last summer. We drove across the island. The land varies between moonscape and lavish green with many waterfalls. The area where the astronauts trained is up on the northern side of the island. That is also the best place to see the Northern Lights too. The photographs below even suggest a Martian locale.

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