A magnesium-rich basalt retrieved by the Apollo 12 mission from the Moon. brightly coloured pyroxene and olivine surround grey plagioclase in cross-polars.

This photo was taken in 2003 from a travelling collection of thin sections sponsored by NASA.

#ThinSectionThursday #Apollo12 #Moon #Basalt #NASA

Die ersten Worte von Pete Conrad auf dem Mond waren übrigens „Whoopee! That may have been a small one for Neil, but it's a long one for me!“

Später erzählte er, dass er mit der italienischen Journalistin Oriana Fallaci um 500$ wettete. Er wollte beweisen, dass die NASA die Kommentare der Astronauten nicht vorformuliert hat. Fallaci war überzeugt, dass Neil Armstrongs Worte für ihn geschrieben und nicht seine eigenen waren.

#Apollo12 #MoonLanding #PeteConrad https://bildung.social/@Linkshaender/115550613428758569

Armin Hanisch (@Linkshaender@bildung.social)

Am 14. November vor 56 Jahren fiel einer der bekanntesten Sätze des Apollo-Programms: „Try SCE to AUX“ https://www.arminhanisch.de/2025/11/apollo-12/

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The #ModularEquipmentTransporter (MET) was a two-wheeled, hand-pulled vehicle that was used as an equipment hauling device on traverses across the lunar surface. Designed after #Apollo12 astronauts #PeteConrad and Alan Bean had difficulties lugging their equipment significant
The #ModularEquipmentTransporter (MET) was a two-wheeled, hand-pulled vehicle that was used as an equipment hauling device on traverses across the lunar surface. Designed after #Apollo12 astronauts #PeteConrad and Alan Bean had difficulties lugging their equipment significant

A map of all the Apollo missions on a full moon picture taken by Dobviews using a Galaxy A14/17.3 Delos lens on a 10" Dobsonian telescope.

All of the corresponding close-up pictures of those landing are from NASA's Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter.

The bank of 6 shots are all property of NASA LRO / JPL

Enjoy,
Dobs

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SCE to Aux is a mood
🚀 #Apollo12

On September 3, 2002, astronomers discovered an asteroid with an unusual orbit around Earth. Further analysis of its trajectory and spectrographic evidence—specifically, the presence of titanium dioxide used in Apollo missions—revealed that it was actually the third stage of the Apollo 12 rocket, launched in 1969.

#science #sciencefacts #asteroid #J002E3 #apollo12 #thirdstage #rocketstage

NASA’dan Mahsur Kalan Astronotlara Yeni Görev: Uzayda Yaşam Arayacaklar!

NASA, Uluslararası Uzay İstasyonu'nda (ISS) mahsur kalan astronotları heyecan verici bir görevle yeniden görevlendirdi. İki NASA astronotu, istasyonun dış yüzeyinde yaşam izleri aramak için uzay yürüy

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