Recenzja biografii ostatniego człowieka, który samotnie odbywał lot w statku kosmicznym.
#BookReview – A Long Voyage to the Moon: The Life of Naval Aviator and Apollo 17 Astronaut Ron EvansReviewed by Dr Brian Laslie September 28, 2022
Ronald E. Evans is not a household name. Names such as Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Neil Armstrong remain more or less recognisable to the wider society. Indeed, even later Apollo astronauts, such as Pete Conrad, Alan Bean, Jim Lovell, or John Young, might still trigger images or recognition to a particular generation or those interested in the history of space flight. However, Evans has been significantly overlooked. That is what being the last person to do something will get you: obscurity. Evans was a member of Apollo 17, the last crewed mission to the moon. As such, he was the last Command Module Pilot to fly as part of the Apollo program. Evans also holds several other auspicious accolades. He holds the record for the most time spent in lunar orbit; he was the last man to orbit the moon alone and was the last man to conduct a deep space extravehicular activity. Indeed, Evans was one of only three individuals to have ever done a deep space extravehicular activity. In addition, he remains one of only 24 individuals to ever journey beyond Earth’s orbit into deep space and travel to another celestial body. (...)
https://balloonstodrones.com/2022/09/28/bookreview-a-long-voyage-to-the-moon-the-life-of-naval-aviator-and-apollo-17-astronaut-ron-evans/http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum9/HTML/003439-2.htmlhttps://twitter.com/NASAhistory/status/1723007619961389327Today on his birthday, we remember Ron Evans, an engineer, officer and aviator in the United States Navy, and NASA astronaut. 🌹
As Command Module Pilot on Apollo 17, he was one of the 24 astronauts to fly to the Moon, and one of only 3 to do a space walk in deep space!
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https://twitter.com/ron_eisele/status/17766879519272962017 April 1990. Death of Ronald Ellwin Evans, Jr. NASA Apollo 17 astronaut and one of only 24 men who have flown to the Moon.
Wątek: Ronald Ellwin Evans, Jr. (1933-1990) (Przeczytany 997 razy)