The last person to orbit the moon & spacewalk in deep space; Ronald Evans on Apollo 17, Dec 1972. Mr. Evans also holds the record for longest time in lunar orbit at 148 hours. Chosen in Group 5 in 1963, he was also backup on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project in 1975.
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A Soyuz spacecraft is seen as it lands with astronaut Shane Kimbrough of NASA and Russian Flight Engineers Sergey Ryzhikov and Andrey Borisenko near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Monday, April 10. Kimbrough, Ryzhikov, and Borisenko are returning after 173 days in space onboard the International Space Station.
While living and working aboard the space station, the crew members contributed to hundreds of experiments in biology, biotechnology, physical science and Earth science aboard the world-class orbiting laboratory. For example, the Microgravity Expanded Stem Cells investigation had crew members observe cell growth and other characteristics in microgravity.
Results from this investigation could lead to the treatment of diseases and injury in space, and provide a way to improve stem cell production for medical therapies on Earth. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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I took this video of Saturn last night with my Sony camera A7sii+ telephoto lens in Sydney Australia
Falcon Heavy one year ago – retrieving my remote cameras from pad 39A: “It’s still tripping me out.” [OC][1300x1950]
The Orion Nebula [2633 x 3972]