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NASA Science News: Apollo Chronicles [Dark Shadows]

In this feature article on NASA Science News, Dr. Tony Phillips highlights the phenomenon of "being able to view inside your shadow' experienced by astronauts of Apollo II during their mission thirty years ago. 'Shadows were one of the first things Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong mentioned when he stepped onto the surface of the moon. "It's quite dark here in the shadow [of the lunar module] and a little hard for me to see that I have good footing," he radioed to Earth.'


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Source: NASA

Posted by Slash Scope Admin on January 4, 2006 02:37 PM |

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