Leonard Nimoy, 1931-2015

Live long and prosper Mr Spock ...Thank's


Spock light's ?

The same week: disappearance of Leonard Nimoy “Spock” and the discovery the lights of Ceres by the probe DAWN - See more at: http://dawnblog.jpl.nasa.gov/2014/12/29/dawn-journal-december-29/#comment-8834

The same week: disappearance of Leonard Nimoy “Spock” and the discovery the lights of Ceres by the probe DAWN - See more at: http://dawnblog.jpl.nasa.gov/2014/12/29/dawn-journal-december-29/#comment-8834

The same week: disappearance of Leonard Nimoy “Spock” and the discovery the lights of Ceres by the probe DAWN - See more at: http://dawnblog.jpl.nasa.gov/2014/12/29/dawn-journal-december-29/#comment-8834

Apollo 17 Discovery of Orange Soil

Discovery of orange soil on the moon by astronaut Jack Schmitt (with Gene Cernan) during the Apollo 17 mission. Large panorama assembled with individual pictures of the lunar rover TV camera. The pixel resolution of TV camera is very low and numerous parts of the panorama are re-constructed with stamp tool.

Raw picture:

Orange soil :

Apollo 16 after Liftoff (TV camera)

April 24, 1972. Apollo 16 was the tenth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program, the fifth and penultimate to land on the Moon and the first to land in the lunar highlands. Commander John Young, Lunar Module Pilot Charles Duke and Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly. Horizontal panorama assembled with individual picture of TV camera.  Pictures stack (100) for to increase pixel resolution.

 Raw pictures extracted from TV camera (on Rover)

Launches of captured V-2 rockets in the USA (1946-1952)

German V-2 rockets captured by the United States Army at the end of World War II were used as sounding rockets to carry scientific instruments into the earth's upper atmosphere at White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) for a program of atmospheric and solar investigation through the late 1940s.

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The German "Wasserfall" C-2 missile (1943- 1945)

The Wasserfall Ferngelenkte FlaRakete (Waterfall Remote-Controlled A-A Rocket) was a World War II guided surface-to-air missile developed at Peenemünde, Germany. In spite of considerable development, Wasserfall never became operational.

Raw image extracted from vintage video.