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Impact of Apollo 16's booster is spotted on the moon

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t was no accident that Nasa crashed one of its Apollo 16 rocket boosters onto the moon, but the researchers never intended to lose it. In April of 1972, the booster drifted off and was never seen again, unable to transmit tracking data and reveal its whereabouts because of a malfunction. Now, almost 44 years later, the crash site of the Saturn V stage-three booster has finally been located.




The site was identified by Jeff Plescia, a scientist from Johns Hopkins University, and expert in finding objects that have been lost in space.

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Plescia used high-resolution images produced by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) system, according to Science Alert.

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The LROC is a set of three cameras mounted atop the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.
http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/images

'I did finally find the Apollo 16 S1VB crater,' Plescia told Inside Outer Space.

'It looks like the others, but its position was much more poorly defined since the tracking was lost prior to impact

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Apollo 16 was manned by astronauts John Young, Thomas Mattingly II, and Charles Duke Jr.




spent 71 hours—just under three days—on the lunar surface, during which they conducted three extra-vehicular activities or moonwalks, totaling 20 hours and 14 minutes. The pair drove the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), the second produced and used on the Moon, 26.7 kilometers (16.6 mi). On the surface, Young and Duke collected 95.8 kilograms (211 lb) of lunar samples for return to Earth, while Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly orbited in the Command/Service Module (CSM) above to perform observations. Mattingly spent 126 hours and 64 revolutions in lunar orbit. After Young and Duke rejoined Mattingly in lunar orbit, the crew released a subsatellitefrom the Service Module (SM). During the return trip to Earth, Mattingly performed a one-hour spacewalk to retrieve several film cassettes from the exterior of the Service Module.[2][3]

Apollo 16's landing spot in the highlands was chosen to allow the astronauts to gather geologically older lunar material than the samples obtained in the first four landings, which were in or nearlunar maria. Samples from the Descartes Formation and theCayley Formationdisproved a hypothesis that the formations were volcanic in origin.[5]



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http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar/missions/apollo/apollo_16/landing_site/


Astronaut Charles M, Duke, Jr, on the Moon, collecting lunar samples at the rim of the plum crater, April 1972.


Nasa employed the rocket booster to perform seismic measurements during its Apollo 16 mission, after propelling the crew safely into orbit. The mission marked the fifth time that humans set foot on the Moon, and were safely returned home to Earth
 
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Nasa are to apologize for constant littering of the moon :)


Not only was the scientific booster lost to science the "subsatellite " i referred to
was also a failure along with many of others that were also deployed

 

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Nasa are to apologize for constant littering of the moon :)


i am calling you out on the Clangers picking up litter on the moon , they never did it

1 Flying 16 November 1969 Major Clanger builds a flying machine and Tiny Clanger gets stuck at the top of the cave with a balloon.
2 The Visitor 23 November 1969 The Clangers find a television set.
3 Chicken 30 November 1969 The Clangers build some fireworks, one of which hits a passing Iron Chicken.
4 Music 7 December 1969 Tiny Clanger discovers music.
5 The Intruder 28 December 1969 An exploration rover lands.
6 Visiting Friends 4 January 1970 Tiny Clanger builds a helicopter to visit the Iron Chicken.
7 Fishing 11 January 1970 The Clangers build a flying music boat and Major Clanger goes fishing in it.
8 The Top Hat 18 January 1970 The Clangers find some Froglets in a top hat.
9 The Egg 25 January 1970 The Soup Dragon gets broody.
10 The Hoot 1 February 1970 A noisy metal creature is retrieved from space, disturbing the Clangers' peace.
11 The Meeting 8 February 1970 More Hoots arrive, and seem upset that the first Hoot has changed.
12 Treasure 15 February 1970 Tiny Clanger finds a bag of gold coins while fishing in space.
13 Goods 22 February 1970 A machine that makes plastic items is assembled, but cannot be turned off.
Series 2 (1971–1972)[edit]
Episodes 1 and 2 were on at 4:50pm, episodes 3, 5 and 6 were on at 5:05pm, episodes 4 and 8 were on at 5:00pm, episode 7 was on at 4:40pm, episode 9 was on at 5:30pm, episodes 10, 11, 12 and 13 were on at 4:00pm on BBC1.

# Title Date of Release Summary
14 The Tablecloth 18 April 1971 The Clangers try various materials to keep some Froglets warm.
15 The Rock Collector 25 April 1971 An astronaut arrives to collect rocks, but falls in the soup when Tiny Clanger startles him.
16 Glow Honey 2 May 1971 Small Clanger wanders off into some caves, looking for glow-honey, and gets lost.
17 The Teapot 9 May 1971 A teapot fished from space is less useful than the Clangers thought it would be.
18 The Cloud 16 May 1971 The Cloud is invited to Mother Clanger's birthday party, and rains on the Froglets.
19 The Egg (2) 23 May 1971 The Iron Chicken lays an egg, and the Clangers try to look after it.
20 The Noise Machine 30 May 1971 The Clangers assemble a machine they find in space, and the iron chick gets into trouble.
21 The Seed 6 June 1971 The Clangers tend a seed and soon their planet iscovered with vegetation.
22 Pride 13 June 1971 Small Clanger finds a mirror, and vanity almost costs him his supper.
23 The Bags 13 October 1972 A Gladstone bag appears on the Clangers' planet – a strange, new life-form.
24 The Blow Fruit 27 October 1972 Small Clanger and Baby Soup Dragon cause trouble playing with jet-propelled fruit.
25 The Pipe Organ 3 November 1972 When the soup-trolley loses a wheel, Major Clanger tries to make a soup-pump.
26 The Music of the Spheres 10 November 1972 Tiny Clanger is accidentally hoisted away into space by the Hoot planet.
There was also an election special produced in 1974, entitled "Vote for Froglet". Inspired by what Postgate refers to as the "Winter of Discontent" (a phrase usually used by others to refer to the winter of 1978–79, but in his case to the miners' strike of 1974), and by his recollection of post-war Germany,[2] it was broadcast on the night of the second election in 1974.[13] The narrator explains the democratic process and demonstrates it by asking the Clangers to vote between the Soup Dragon and a Froglet. The Soup Dragon wins the election on a policy of "No Soup for Froglets", but the Clangers are dissatisfied with the result.[3]

Series 3 (2015)[edit]
The episodes were first broadcast at 5:30pm on CBeebies.

# Title Date of Release Summary
27 The Lost Notes 15 June 2015[14] The Music Tree notes for Tiny Clanger's marvellous new melody are blown away by a big wind.
28 The Little Thing 16 June 2015 A Sky Moo gives Small Clanger a strangely shaped little thing that it has found in space.
29 In The Soup 17 June 2015 Major Clanger decides that Soup Dragon must be fed-up with dishing up soup.
30 The Knitting Machine 18 June 2015 Major Clanger invents a knitting machine to save Granny ever having to knit again.
31 The Flying Froglets 19 June 2015 It is Granny's birthday and all the Clangers are planning their presents for her.
32 I Am the Eggbot 22 June 2015 A strange little egg-shaped creature lands on the planet and gets stuck in a cave.
33 The Giant Plant 23 June 2015 The planet is overrun with vegetation when Tiny and Small sing a growing song to a plant.
34 Tiny's Lullaby 24 June 2015 Tiny's radio hat develops a fault, so she can't hear the Iron Chicken's lullaby.
35 The Crystal Trees 25 June 2015 Crystal-shaped seeds that sparkle and glow land on the Clangers' planet.
36 The Curious Tunnel 26 June 2015 Tiny and Small discover a strange tunnel that appears to suck things upwards.
37 Space Tangle 29 June 2015 Small has invited the Iron Chicken to a picnic. But the Iron Chicken is late.
38 Lonely as a Cloud 30 June 2015 Tiny, Small, the Froglets and Baby Dragon are having fun playing games with the Cloud.
39 In a Spin 1 July 2015 While playing a game, Tiny and Small accidentally knock over a tankard.
40 Tiny's Orchestra 2 July 2015 Tiny is stuck for ideas for a new tune to make up.
41 The Metal Bug 3 July 2015 Small Clanger finds a strange ball while out fishing in space.
42 Mother's Melody 6 July 2015 Tiny Clanger suggests that Mother Clanger makes a tune.
43 Crash Bang Chicken[15] 7 July 2015 A Sky Moo accidentally knocks the Iron Chicken out of her nest.
44 Major's Meteor[16] 8 July 2015 Small misses seeing two meteors streaking across the sky.
45 The Singing Asteroid[17] 9 July 2015 Tiny and her flower friends hear a strange voice joining in with their music.
46 Small's New Star[18] 10 July 2015 The Iron Chicken dumps a huge bundle of unwanted junk metal on to the Clangers' planet.
47 Baby Soup Clanger[19] 13 July 2015 Baby Soup Dragon decides he wants to be a Clanger.
48 Holes[20] 14 July 2015 Tiny and Small find two circles of cloth that are actually holes, one leading to another.
49 Bubble Trouble[21] 15 July 2015 Small and Tiny can't resist trying out Major Clanger's cleaning machine.
50 Dragon Day[22] 16 July 2015 Small decides that there should be a Dragon Day to thank the Soup Dragon for her soup.
51 Home Sweet Hoot[23] 17 July 2015 A little Hoot lands on the planet and causes mayhem with his incessant mischievous hooting.
52 Find the Eclipse[24] 20 July 2015 The Clangers gather to watch a solar eclipse but Iron Chicken's nest blocks the view.



The Wombles did, however did pick up litter off Wimbledom Common

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here are the lyrics to threir theme tune

Underground, overground, wombling free
The Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we
Making good use of the things that we find
Things that the everyday folks leave behind

Uncle Bulgaria He can remember the days when he wasn't behind the times
With his map of the world
Pick up the papers and take 'em to Tobermory

Wombles are organised, work as a team
Wombles are tidy and Wombles are clean
Underground, overground, wombling free
The Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we

People don't notice us, they never see
Under their noses a Womble may be
We womble by night and we womble by day
Looking for litter to trundle away

We're so incredibly utterly devious
Making the most of everything
Even bottles and tins
Pick up the pieces and make 'em into something new
Is what we do

Underground, overground, wombling free
The Wombles of Wimbledon Common are we
Making good use of the things that we find
Things that the everyday folks leave behind

i rest my case
:peace:
 
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