HTTP:: Apollo 14 Lunar Crash Site Imaged
--------
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft recently photographed the impact crater left behind by the upper stage of the Saturn IVB delivery system that the space agency intentionally crashed on the lunar surface on February 4, 1971. The reason why the deorbiting took place was for scientists to get a glimpse of the internal structure of the Moon. The rocket stage's energy created a series of tremors in the surface that was recorded with seismographs set in place by Apollo 12 astronauts, back in 1969. The distinctive crater is about 35 meters (115 feet) in diameter. The observations were made using the spacecraft's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC), which consists of a pair of narrow-angle cameras (NAC), alongside a single, wide-angle camera (WAC). The high-resolution instrument was specifically designed to be able to detect traces of equipment previously left on the Moon by Apollo astronauts, to photograph landing sites, and to provide further certifica!
tion of the fact that NASA, indeed, landed on the Earth's natural satellite. LRO will make several flybys over Apollo landing areas, at a height of about 31 miles (50 kilometers). The new image reveals a rather deep crater, laden with bright mounds. An ejecta blanket is clearly visible in the images, as it surrounds the edges of the crater. It repr...
--------
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apollo-14-Lunar-Crash-Site-Imaged-123845.shtml
--------
This e-mail was sent by Experiment23 Inc., located in New York, NY
10163. To not receive further e-mails, please visit
http://help.pingie.com
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment