阿波罗14号: 蝎心号登月舱的景观

阿波罗14号: 蝎心号登月舱的景观

Apollo 14: A View from Antares
Image Credit: Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14, NASA; Mosaic – Eric M. Jones

Explanation: Apollo 14’s Lunar Module Antares landed on the Moon on February 5, 1971. Toward the end of the stay astronaut Ed Mitchell snapped a series of photos of the lunar surface while looking out a window, assembled into this detailed mosaic by Apollo Lunar Surface Journal editor Eric Jones. The view looks across the Fra Mauro highlands to the northwest of the landing site after the Apollo 14 astronauts had completed their second and final walk on the Moon. Prominent in the foreground is their Modular Equipment Transporter, a two-wheeled, rickshaw-like device used to carry tools and samples. Near the horizon at top center is a 1.5 meter wide boulder dubbed Turtle rock. In the shallow crater below Turtle rock is the long white handle of a sampling instrument, thrown there javelin-style by Mitchell. Mitchell’s fellow moonwalker and first American in space, Alan Shepard, also used a makeshift six iron to hit two golf balls. One of Shepard’s golf balls is just visible as a white spot below Mitchell’s javelin.

Tomorrow’s picture: cone in the unicorn

阿波罗14号: 蝎心号登月舱的景观
影像提供: Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14, NASA; 影像并接 – Eric M. Jones

说明: 1971年的2月5日，阿波罗14号的蝎心号登月舱降落在月表。在即将离开月表前，宇航员埃德加·米切尔透过观景窗拍下一系列照片，后来由阿波罗月表日志编辑埃里克·琼斯并接成这幅高解晰影像。影像呈现从登月点，越过弗拉毛罗高地往西北眺望的景观。当时阿波罗14号的宇航员，已完成他们的第二次也是最后一次的月表漫步。前景最醒目的物件是模组式设备搬运车 (MET)，它是用来搬运工具和样本的二轮人力推车。在地平线的中间附近，可见到宽1.5公尺名为乌龟的月岩。乌龟岩下方的浅坑里，则可见到被米切尔当成标枪掷出的取样设备之白色长柄。米切尔的月表伙伴、也是第一位进入太空的美国宇航员艾伦·谢泼德，把另一个采样工具当成六号铁杆，击出2颗高尔夫球。其中之一，就是米切尔掷出的标枪下方之白点。

明日的图片: cone in the unicorn