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Topic: Photo of the week 912 (April 16, 2022)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3580
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 04-16-2022 02:56 AM
   
 Fifty years ago today, Apollo 16 was launched from Launch Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 12:54 pm EST. Four days later John Young and Charlie Duke landed the LM 'Orion' on the moon, while Ken Mattingly orbited overhead in CSM 'Casper'. |
Ian Limbrey
Member Posts: 168
From: England
Registered: Nov 2012
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posted 04-16-2022 06:02 AM
Great photo Ed and I don't think that I have seen this one before! |
Panther494
Member Posts: 541
From: London UK
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted 04-16-2022 07:25 AM
Excellent photo again Ed, thank you for continuing to give us these great shots and reminders of a wonderful period of human exploration and achievement. Fifty years. |
randy
Member Posts: 2567
From: West Jordan, Utah USA
Registered: Dec 1999
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posted 04-16-2022 07:54 AM
I'll never get tired of seeing pictures like this. There is so much power! |
garymilgrom
Member Posts: 2077
From: Atlanta, GA
Registered: Feb 2007
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posted 04-16-2022 07:56 AM
Ditto what Panther494 said! Thanks Ed. |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 535
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 04-16-2022 04:43 PM
Five decades later and sometimes it is still hard for me to fathom that the human race actually did this — more specifically the good ol' USA. Landed two men on the moon, repeatedly — six times, over a short few years. Perhaps the greatest achievement so far in the history of man. And this photo showing how we blasted all the weight out of the Earth's strong grip! Truly amazing. |
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