What’s that out my window? A lunar rendezvous is in progress between the Command Service Module & Lunar Module during Apollo 10, May 1969. A10 was the 2nd mission to orbit the moon (after Apollo 8) & served as a dress rehearsal for a landing on the moon. The mission was flown by John Young, Tom Stafford & Gene Cernan. They flew the Lunar Module 8.4 nautical miles above the moon’s surface. This is the point where a powered lunar descent would commence. On the way home they set a speed record for a crewed spacecraft at 39,897 km/h (11.08 km/s or 24,791 mph); a record which still stands today.
Leaving for work. Apollo 15 was the 4th mission to land on the moon. Astronauts David Scott & James Irwin became the first to drive on the moon courtesy the Lunar Rover. The pair landed by Hadley Rille which was originally planned to be the landing spot for Apollo 19 before budget cuts nixed the mission. The Aug 1971 mission was Scott’s 3rd and final spaceflight while it was Irwin’s & Command Module Pilot Al Worden’s first and only. What a historic mission.
Setting up shop. The Lunar Module Antares has touched down upon the moon with the instruments set up during Apollo 14, Feb 1971. The mission was the first to land in the Lunar Highlands & the final ‘H-Mission’, or 2-day stay on the moon. After this, Apollo flights would be J-Missions, or 3-day lunar stays. This mission with Alan Shepard, Edgar Mitchell & Stuart Roosa was to take place in 1970 but was pushed back following an investigation into the explosion upon the Apollo 13 spacecraft.
Parking is ample. The first to drive on the moon, David Scott, walks away from the Lunar Rover during Apollo 15, Aug 1971. Scott & fellow astronaut Jim Irwin spent 18.5 hours on EVAs during their lunar stay while Command Module Pilot Al Worden orbited above.
The open road. I can’t tell who but one of the Apollo 17 astronauts (Gene Cernan or Harrison Schmitt) sits in the Lunar Rover during their near 23 hours of EVA time on Apollo Program’s last moon landing, Dec 1972. The Command Module for the mission which Ronald Evans piloted was named ‘America’ while the Lunar Module was named ‘Challenger’. Cernan & Schmitt landed in the Taurus-Littrow Valley. I wonder when humanity’s next crewed landing will be?
Last October I had an opportunity to work on a lunar base illustration for the @Nature science journal. The article gives you a really nice insight into building a base on the Moon using our current technology.
When the Sun Found the Moon by boyfriendswhoboyfriend | G | 2278 Louis is the Sun and Harry is the Moon. They can never be.
Sisters of the Moon | T | 3323 Harry can’t sleep at night and decides to become friends with the moon. But how to you become friends with the moon? A mythical journey begins…
signs that semisextile: these signs may first appear they truely have nothing in common, in fact you wouldn’t think they are meant for each other but after they get to know each other with through steps and be patient, they can find stability in each other:
aries/taurus: self-care/perservation
taurus/gemini: realistic/logical thinking
gemini/cancer: curiosity
cancer/leo: passionate love emotions
leo/virgo: extroverted nature
virgo/libra: difficult making choices
libra/scorpio: straight-forward strategic
scorpio/sagittarius: adventurous seeking ideas
sagittarius/capricorn: principals
capricorn/aquarius: mental
aquarius/pisces: uniqueness
signs that sextile: these signs compliment each other, but are different in temperature. they can see each other weaknesses and strengths in each other. they share compatible elements and mixed modes.
aries/gemini: children/students of the zodiac
taurus/cancer: healers/care-takers of the zodiac
gemini/leo: actors of the zodiac
cancer/virgo: mothers of the zodiac
leo/libra: lovers of the zodiac
virgo/scorpio: analyzers/fbi of the zodiac
libra/sagittarius: optimists/pyschologists of the zodiac
scorpio/capricorn: professionals of the zodiac
sagittarius/aquarius: entertainers of the zodiac
capricorn/pisces: politicans of the zodiac
aquarius/aries: rebels of the zodiac
pisces/taurus: fairys of the zodiac
signs that trine: these signs may astrologers believe to be the best relationships you can have as a person, with the most depth and understanding for each other. they have very similar approaches to life and tend to see everything eye to eye. these are the signs that share the same element.
aries/leo: independent
leo/sagittarius: entertainers
sagittarius/aries: risk takers
taurus/virgo: hard workers
virgo/capricorn: perfectionists
capricorn/taurus: materialists
gemini/libra: socialites
libra/aquarius: philosophers
aquarius/gemini: intellectuals
cancer/scorpio: homebodies
scorpio/pisces: intuitive
pisces/cancer: sensitive
signs that square: traditionally known to be stressing each other out, often rub each other the other way around. these signs are those that share the same mode and differ in masculinity/feminity.
aries/cancer: cardinal fire and cardinal water (lighting and water)
cancer/libra: cardinal water and cardinal air (water and smoke)
libra/capricorn: cardinal air and cardinal earth (smoke and mud)
capricorn/aries: cardinal earth and cardinal fire (mud and lighting)
taurus/leo: fixed earth and fixed fire (rock and lava)
leo/scorpio: fixed fire and fixed water (lava and ice)
scorpio/aquarius: fixed water and fixed air (ice and cloud)
aquarius/taurus: fixed air and fixed earth (cloud and rock)
gemini/virgo: mutable air and mutable earth (wind and sand)
virgo/sagittarius: mutable earth and mutable fire (sand and fire)
sagittarius/pisces: mutable fire and mutable water (fire and mist)
pisces/gemini: mutable water and mutable air (mist and wind)
signs that quincunx: these signs can often irritate each other and are thought as oddball cominations. they help one another and find sensible ways of adjusting faulty attitudes.these signs have dissimilar elements and modes.
aries/virgo: both want quick and easy acess
taurus/libra: both need gentleness from others
gemini/scorpio: both want to know the ‘’how’s’’ and ‘’why’s’’
cancer/sagittarius: both need a sense of family and belonging
leo/capricorn: both like to take charge
virgo/aquarius: both have a need to change the world
libra/pisces: both are understanding and supportive of those in need
scorpio/aries: both love to test the boundries
sagittarius/taurus: both want to feel rewarded by life
capricorn/gemini: both prefer rationality by emotions
aquarius/cancer: both show an ever changing nature
pisces/leo: both share in an innocent type of optimistic hopefulness
signs that oppose: these are the signs thare are 180 degress apart directly facing each other. they tend to be and act as complete opposities, but also fitting perfectly. they complete each other and this is way a lot of astrologers think of them as soulmates. these signs are members of the same mode and have compatible elements (air and fire or earth and water)
aries/ibra: leaders of the zodiac (initiator and judge)
taurus/scorpio: caretakers of the zodiac (physical and emotional)
gemini/sagittarius: explorers of the zodiac (scholar and adventurer)
cancer/capricorn: parents of the zodiac (mother and father)
leo/aquarius: humanitarians of the zodiac (hero and villian)
virgo/pisces: dreamers of the zodiac (intellectual and imgination)
