Blue Moon: Apollo 15 and the University of Michigan
July 26, 2012
Apollo 15: Irwin Scoops up Soil, photo by NASA on The Commons
Over on Absolute Michigan we have a feature on the all-UM crew of the Apollo 15 that includes a great video. You can see a lot more images from the Apollo 15 mission from NASA. Here’s their caption for this photo:
This frame from Dave’s Station 8 pan shows Jim standing wide-legged as he digs the partially-completed trench in front of him. He sticks the scoop into the wall opposite where he is standing and propels the scoop-load of regolith back between his legs. The narrow fan of throwback can be seen behind him and, indeed, there seems to be some material still in motion at the far end of the throwback pattern just above the two fiducials at mid-thigh height. Mt. Hadley (14,765 feet tall) is in the background.
Check it out big as the moon and in NASA’s Happy Moon Day! slideshow.
More University of Michigan on Michigan in Pictures.
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December 12, 2012 at 7:13 am
[...] Wine wasn’t the only thing that was super. Although Superstorm Sandy made life difficult for our neighbors to the east and kicked up some Frankenwaves, the Super Moon of May 2012 was a giant-sized treat. We also had a blue moon in August 2012. In honor of that Michigan in Pictures had a feature on the all-Michigan crew of Apollo 15. [...]