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5 giorni fa · Mission Profile. Apollo 16 launched on 16 April 1972 at 17:54:00 (12:54:00 p.m. EST) on Saturn V SA-511 from Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center. (The launch was postponed from the originally scheduled date, March 17, because of a docking ring jettison malfunction.)
4 giorni fa · Stuart A. Roosa (1933-1994) — Before joining the Air Force, Stuart Roosa worked as a smoke jumper for the U.S. Forest Service, parachuting into remote locations to put out wildfires. He was the command module pilot for Apollo 14 (January 31 to February 9, 1971), the third lunar landing mission.
1 ora fa · The GMT-Master really made it to outer space when Nasa astronauts Jack Swigert, Edgar D. Mitchell, Stuart A. Roosa and Ronald Evans wore the model during Apollo missions in the early 1970s.
1 giorno fa · Several notable individuals bearing the name “Roosa” have contributed to its recognition and esteem. One prominent figure is Stuart Allen Roosa, an American astronaut who was part of the Apollo 14 mission. His legacy highlights not just the uniqueness of the name but also its association with remarkable achievements and exploratory endeavors.
5 giorni fa · The closest that terrestrial vegetation has come to the moon before now was in 1971, when Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa carried hundreds of tree seeds to orbit the moon with him. Many of the seeds were later planted back on Earth, becoming "moon trees", according to a report posted on Space.com on Jan 15.
5 giorni fa · 1933 - Stuart Roosa, astronauta statunitense († 1994) 1933 - Bunta Sugawara, attore giapponese († 2014) 1934 - Angela Buxton, tennista britannica († 2020) 1934 - Donnie Dunagan, attore e militare statunitense; 1934 - Diana Wynne Jones, scrittrice inglese († 2011) 1934 - Douglas Kirkland, fotografo canadese († 2022)
2 giorni fa · In January 1971, Astronaut Stuart Roosa selected seeds from five different trees to take to the moon on Apollo 14. Upon their return to earth, some of the seeds were sent to Bill at the Harrison Experimental Forestry Station in Gulfport, Mississippi.
