Remember The Adventures of those that have gone there, and done that.

A lot of work goes into supporting a space mission and even more so when sending humans to the Moon.

Colin Mackellar sent me a link to his update of the Apollo Missions as seen from Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station in Australia. 

http://honeysucklecreek.net/index.html

 http://honeysucklecreek.net/msfn_missions/index.html

http://honeysucklecreek.net/msfn_missions/Apollo_11_mission/index.html

The section below is from the console of Richard Starchurski and has an introduction by him and links to audio for the preparation of launch and the launch assent.

See if you can figure out what is going on.

- LRK -

I hope you enjoy listening to what went into those been there, done that, adventures.

- LRK 

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Hi Larry,

Great to hear from you -

You might enjoy this "new" A11 audio I've posted…

http://honeysucklecreek.net/msfn_missions/MSFN/richard_stachurski.html

best wishes

Colin

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There is a lot of material on the web site.

Check out the left columns on the various index pages.

- LRK -

Take a look at the latest update page.

http://honeysucklecreek.net/updates.html

Back to the main menu page.

http://honeysucklecreek.net/index.html


Thanks for looking up with me.
- LRK -

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TIME JULY 18 1969 - TO THE MOON - SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT

We have been talking about the Apollo 11 mission 40 years ago and so it felt a bit strange, even weird, when I went to put some papers up on a bookshelf and in trying to find room for them, pulled out a stack of magazines.

What do you think I found on the top of the stack?

And this is why it felt strange, it was a faded red TIME magazine from July 18, 1969.

Why this magazine, jumping to my hand?

Had to open it up and look through the old adds and see what the articles about the Moon were all about.

Having done that thought you might like to get a feel for what was being said back in 1969.

Would I be able to find a copy on the Internet that you could look at if your bookshelf didn't hand you a hard copy?

Yes, yes, here it is. The articles are there.

Sorry I don't see the illustrations that went along the boarders of the articles but you can use your imagination.
- LRK -

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TIME JULY 18 1969 - TO THE MOON - SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/0,9263,7601690718,00.html

COVER STORY
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901042,00.html

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SPECIAL SECTION

A NEW WORLD (Moon Supplement)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901041,00.html

FLIGHT PLAN OF APOLLO 11 (Moon Supplement)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901042,00.html

SECRETS TO BE FOUND (Moon Supplement)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901043,00.html

CAN THE MOON BE OF ANY EARTHLY USE? (Moon Supplement)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901044,00.html

THE PIONEERS (Moon Supplement)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901045,00.html

THE CREW: MEN APART (Moon)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901046,00.html

HOW IT WAS MANAGED (Moon)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901047,00.html

WHO MADE IT POSSIBLE (Moon)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901048,00.html

BEYOND THE MOON: NO END (Moon)
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901049,00.html

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Maybe you know of some old articles that are now on line.
If so, and think others might be interested, drop me a line.
Larry Kellogg (larry.kellogg AT gmail.com)

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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Sea of Tranquility

Back from a nice visit with my mom on her 99th birthday. We went to her favorite pizza place, Izzy's, with brother and sister and families.

Several of you sent me links to interesting items which I only looked at briefly on the cell phone. Thanks much. - LRK -

We have been remembering the landing of Apollo 11, forty years ago and Fred sent this YouTube ditty that was put together by Luke Powers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8G-o5t8104&fmt=18
sea of tranquility 3:52
Luke Powers

This was in response to another YouTube posting, which spends more time with videos on the Moon and some comments at the end about the mission.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcaNaq0uAyw&feature=related
1969: Sea of Tranquility 5:31
momo2007x

More interesting items.
- LRK -

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http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-moon-videoblurb0715,0,7704544.story
Reaching Tranquility
July 15, 2009
On July 16, 1969 the crew of Apollo 11 blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the historic quest to put the first men on the moon. ...To commemorate the 40th anniversary of this achievement, Sun photographer Karl Merton Ferron acquired archive footage from NASA and the John F. Kennedy Library, and interspersed time-lapse images of the moon traveling across the Baltimore skyline during the past eight months. The resulting video is an entrancing convergence of history and art that pays tribute to the Apollo 11 mission.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvHNlgAs8wE
Reaching Tranquility: 40th anniversary of Apollo 11 mission 9:17
baltimoresun.com
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Thanks Fred.
- LRK -

Larry Klaes sent to one of his lists this item.

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The Big Picture from The Boston Globe has 40 slightly nice photos from the Apollo 11 mission here:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/07/remembering_apollo_11.html

While looking through them, I was reminded that one of the images, which is listed as Number 18 in the Big Picture showing a gibbous phase Earth, is on the two Voyager Interstellar Records representing our planet now well past Pluto and on their way into the wider Milky Way galaxy.
So it is nice to know that in addition to what is at Tranquility Base something else from Apollo 11 will be preserved in space for many millions of years, if not billions, for our descendants or others to see one day.

Larry
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And this one also from Larry Klaes. Not exactly the space suit the astronauts ended up using for the Apollo missions and I hope nothing like we should see for lunar outings in the future.
- LRK -

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A Suit For The First Man on the Moon (1961)

DateSunday, June 28, 2009 at 2:56PM

The August 6, 1961 Post-Standard Sunday magazine (Syracuse, NY) ran a short piece about an Experimental Engineering class at UCLA that was experimenting/playing with a "moon man's suit."

Designed by Allyn B. Hazard, the suit also appeared on the cover of Life magazine's April 27, 1962 issue. The entire two-page spread from the Post-Standard can be viewed below.

http://www.paleofuture.com/blog/2009/6/28/a-suit-for-the-first-man-on-the-moon-1961.html

And the Major Matt Mason fans among us will also recognize this suit.

Larry

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And while I was away, David sent this bit about a July 20 Space Settlement Blog day.
Maybe you would like to chck out the list of blogs.
- LRK -

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http://blog.nss.org/?p=1142
Happy Space Settlement Blog Day!

We have 34 blogs participating. This is a great success. What a great way to honor the Apollo 11 landing.

Please let us know which of their blog posts you liked and found interesting.

Thanks to all the blogs which are participating. Thanks to David Brandt-Erichsen and Brice Russ for all their technical work which has made Space Settlement Blog Day so successful. Thanks to all the sponsors the National Space Society, the Space Frontier Foundation, the Space Movement, the Moon Society, and Space Renaissance Initiative.

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Well, it looks like you have been busy while I was eating pizza.

Maybe some of you saw the Solar Eclipse.
- LRK -

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http://spaceweather.com

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JULY 22nd SOLAR ECLIPSE GALLERY: The longest solar eclipse of the 21st century is over and, despite a disappointing rainstorm over Shanghai, millions of people witnessed the event. Highlights may be found in our eclipse gallery. Start browsing here:
http://spaceweather.com/eclipses/gallery_22jul09_page3.htm
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Will continue catching up on e-mails.

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned its first imagery of Apollo landing sites

We have sent humans to the Moon. Really, we have, trust me, I no lie.
Maybe that isn't good enough and you want me to show you.
Well we are back to the Moon with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and it is taking pictures.
I know, if you didn't believe me before, you probably won't believe me now either, but will be your loss.
- LRK -

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NASA Science News for July 17, 2009
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has returned its first imagery of Apollo landing sites. The pictures show lunar module descent stages, scientific instruments and even 40-year-old foot trails made by astronauts walking across the dusty lunar surface.

FULL STORY at
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/17jul_lroc.htm?list965414
Check out our RSS feed at http://science.nasa.gov/rss.xml!

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We have shown the below image before a number of times, still, it is worth looking at again.
It would be nice to have a camp out on the Moon and be able to look back at Mother Earth.
- LRK -

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http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/17jul_discoveringearth.htm?list965414
Exploring the Moon, Discovering Earth

July 17, 2009: Forty years ago, Apollo astronauts set out on a daring adventure to explore the Moon. They ended up discovering their own planet.
How do you discover Earth . by leaving it? It all started with a single photograph:

http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/images/discoveringearth/earthrise.jpg

Apollo 8 was the first crewed Saturn V launch and the first time humans were placed in lunar orbit. Mission plans called for the astronauts to photograph possible landing sites for future missions. Before this, only robotic probes had taken images of the Moon's far side.

As the astronauts in their spacecraft emerged from behind the Moon, they were surprised and enchanted by an amazing view of Earth rising over the lunar horizon. Bill Anders quickly snapped a picture of the spectacular Earthrise - it was not in the mission script.

His timing could not have been better. It was Christmas Eve, 1968, the close of one of the most turbulent, fractured years in U.S. and world history. The picture offered a much needed new perspective on "home."

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If we ever put up stations at the Earth - Moon Lagrangian Points, we will have new views of Earth as well.

http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/edu/HerschelPlanck/EN_13e_L_Points_EarthMoonSystem.pdf
http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Education/
http://www.permanent.com/t-theory.htm


And if at L3 or L4 you might even have neighbors nearby that you could borrow some material from.
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2009/09apr_theia.htm
STEREO Hunts for Remains of an Ancient Planet near Earth

Wouldn't that be interesting?
- LRK -

http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Geoff passed this reminder.
You are cleared for landing -

Dr. Buzz Aldrin - The Big Event
http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=SP_090715_apollo11
Apollo 11 pulls off the truly amazing Moon landing. But the crew can't allow themselves to completely feel the moment or experience the weight of history just yet. Dr. Buzz Aldrin explains why.
Credit: IMAGINOVA / Association of Space Explorers

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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Landing on the Moon: Apollo 11, The Untold Story

Coming up on the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Were you there, listening on a black and white TV?
No, then you might be interested in reading the below Popular Mechanics article.
There are a number of audio and video snips and a number of URL links to more info.
Enjoy.
- LRK -

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Landing on the Moon: Apollo 11, The Untold Story
http://www.origin.popularmechanics.com/science/air_space/4318170.html

On July 20, 1969, a pair of lunar orbit insertion burns put Apollo 11 into orbit around the moon after a four day coast from Earth. On the 11th revolution, the White Team assumed the consoles in preparation for descent. Here, the ascent and descent team are present as the Eagle prepares to undock, lets the moon’s gravity draw them to the surface and runs into its first major hurdle—overshooting the moon landing with little fuel in reserve—before the astronauts take their first steps on the moon.

By PM Staff
Published in the June 2009 issue.
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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum - The Apollo Program - links
http://www.nasm.si.edu/collections/imagery/Apollo/AS11/a11.htm

Audio of the Apollo 11 Mission – as recorded at Honeysuckle Creek
http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/msfn_missions/Apollo_11_mission/apollo11_audio.html

Will you be in Australia this July 2009?
Maybe you would like to take part in a tribute to the mission and those that helped make it possible.
- LRK -

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A Tribute to Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station
Canberra, Australia and all who worked there
http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/index.html

Apollo 11 40th Anniversary celebrations in Canberra
July 2009 – at Honeysuckle Creek and Tidbinbilla – and also at Parkes, Carnarvon, Madrid and elsewhere.
See the latest details here. (Booking and payment forms are now online.)

Honeysuckle Creek News
http://www.honeysucklecreek.net/news/index.html

Read the latest plans on John Saxon’s website.
http://jsaxon.org/space/hsk/Reunions/40th2009/
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And if that is not enough to quench your thirst, please see the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.
http://history.nasa.gov/alsj/
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/frame.html

Thanks for looking up with me.

Larry Kellogg

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