STP86 - The Human Moments of Apollo 16 - Remastering Apollo - With Andy Saunders
This week we talk to Andy Saunders, who has changed the way we look at the Apollo missions. His remastering of the original images from the Apollo missions have brought so much new information to our attention and he’s done it again this week for the 50th anniversary of Apollo 16.
Apollo Remastered: http://apolloremastered.com/
Newly remastered images of NASA’s Apollo 16 Moon mission recall USAF’s historic contributions:
https://www.airforcemag.com/article/airman-on-the-moon/
Andy Saunders:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/andysaunders_1
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andysaunders_1/
Emily’s Article:
NASA’s New Equity Action Plan: One Giant Leap for Inclusivity in Spaceflight:\
https://medium.com/the-making-of-an-ex-nuke/nasas-new-equity-action-plan-one-giant-leap-for-inclusivity-in-spaceflight-1212084eed7b
This Week’s Launches:
Fri 15 2022: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China: CASC: Long March 3B/E: ChinaSat 6D:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6932
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Fri 15 Apr 2022: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China: CASC: Long March 4C: Daqi-1 (AEMS):
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/6887
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Sun 17 Apr 2022: Vandenberg Air Force Base, California: SpaceX: Falcon 9 Block 5: NROL-85:
https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/1150
This Week’s Other News:
Former astronaut Scott Kelly launches 1st NFT, raises $500,000 to support Ukraine:
https://www.space.com/astronaut-scott-kelly-nft-space-artwork-ukraine
China's Shenzhou 13 capsule lands with crew of 3 after record-setting mission:
https://www.space.com/china-shenzhou-13-astronauts-landing-returns-to-earth
Bad weather nixes Ax-1 mission's planned Tuesday departure from ISS:
https://www.space.com/ax1-mission-departure-space-station-delay
Hologram doctors beamed to space station to visit astronauts:
https://www.space.com/hologram-doctor-space-station-nasa-astronauts
SpaceX Crew-4 astronauts arrive in Florida ahead of April 23 launch to ISS:
https://www.space.com/crew-4-astronauts-arrive-florida-launch-site-photos
Cosmonauts on spacewalk begin configuring new European robotic arm outside space station:
https://www.space.com/cosmonauts-spacewalk-european-robotic-arm-april-2022
Europe halts moon exploration partnership with Russia, looks to replace Ukraine-built rocket engines:
https://www.space.com/europe-moon-pertnership-russia-ukraine-rocket-engines
Perseverance rover arrives at ancient Mars river delta:
https://www.space.com/perseverance-rover-reaches-ancient-mars-river-delta
Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces record-breaking 25th flight:
https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-record-breaking-25th-flight
Happy anniversary, Ingenuity! Mars helicopter flew for the 1st time one year ago today:
https://www.space.com/mars-helicopter-ingenuity-first-flight-anniversary
NASA to roll Artemis 1 moon rocket off the launch pad early next week:
https://www.space.com/nasa-artemis-1-moon-rocket-rollback-april-2022
Image Credits: NASA/JSC/ASU/Andy Saunders
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Emily Carney
A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.
In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.
Blog: https://space.nss.org/category/this-space-available/
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Dave Giles
Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.
In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.
Full info: https://www.davejgiles.com
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