MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old
image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the
iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966.
Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA
produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when
it was originally taken. The data may help the next generation of
explorers as NASA prepares to return to the moon.
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Pictures here as well.
http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2008/11/image_collection_from_a_garage.html
http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2008/11/image_collection_from_a_garage.html#more
Last time I was at NASA Ames Research Center I was told that
McDonald's restaurant was closed.
It looks like this is where they set up shop.
Image below: McMoons at NASA ARC - home of the Lunar Orbiter Image
Recovery Project (LOIRP) Credit: LOIRP/MOONVIEWS.COM
http://images.spaceref.com/news/2008/IMG_3115.m.jpg
Image below: ANother view of McMoons at NASA ARC - home of the Lunar
Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) Credit: LOIRP/MOONVIEWS.COM
http://images.spaceref.com/news/2008/IMG_2741.m.jpg
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/LarryRussellKellogg/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/mailman/listinfo/lunar-update
==============================================================
In today's space news from SpaceRef:
-- NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=26919
"NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on
Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1
spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar
surface in 1966. Using
refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA produced the
image at a much
higher resolution than was possible when it was originally taken. The
data may help the next
generation of explorers as NASA prepares to return to the moon."
More information on the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP)
is available at
http://www.moonviews.com
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http://www.spaceref.com/video/video?id=138
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NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image
http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2008/nov/HQ_08-291_Lunar_Orbiter_image.html
Nov. 13, 2008
Grey Hautaluoma
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0668
grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov
Kimberly Newton
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
650-604-5026
kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 08-291
NASA RESTORES HISTORIC LUNAR ORBITER IMAGE
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old
image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the
iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966.
Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA
produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when
it was originally taken. The data may help the next generation of
explorers as NASA prepares to return to the moon.
In the late 1960s, NASA sent five Lunar Orbiter missions to photograph
the surface of the moon and gain a better understanding of the lunar
environment in advance of the Apollo program. Data were recorded on
large magnetic tapes and transferred to photographic film for
scientific analysis. When these images were first retrieved from
lunar orbit, only a portion of their true resolution was available
because of the limited technology available.
The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project, located at NASA's Ames
Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., is taking analog data from
original recorders used to store on tape and 1,500 of the original
tapes, converting the data into digital form, and reconstructing the
images. The restored image released Thursday confirms data from the
original tapes can be retrieved from the newly-restored tape drives
from the 1960s when combined with software from 2008.
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http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/home/index.html
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/2008/08_99AR.html
Kimberly Newton
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
650-604-5026
kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov
Grey Hautaluoma
Headquarters, Washington
grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov
RELEASE : 08_99AR
Correction -- NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old
image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the
iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966.
Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA
produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when
it was originally taken. The data may help the next generation of
explorers as NASA prepares to return to the moon.
In the late 1960s, NASA sent five Lunar Orbiter missions to photograph
the surface of the moon and gain a better understanding of the lunar
environment in advance of the Apollo program. Data were recorded on
large magnetic tapes and transferred to photographic film for
scientific analysis. When these images were first retrieved from lunar
orbit, only a portion of their true resolution was available because
of the limited technology available.
The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project, located at NASA's Ames
Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., is taking analog data from
original recorders used to store on tape and 1,500 of the original
tapes, converting the data into digital form, and reconstructing the
images. The restored image released Thursday confirms data from the
original tapes can be retrieved from the newly-restored tape drives
from the 1960s when combined with software from 2008.
"I'm glad that we could offer our services to the project team and
play a part in the recovery of such an historic image of the moon,"
said Ames Director S. Pete Worden.
Future images will be made publically available when they are fully
processed and calibrated. The intent of this project is to facilitate,
wherever possible, the broadest dissemination and public use of these
images.
"It's a tremendous feeling to restore a 40-year-old image and know it
can be useful to future explorers," said Gregory Schmidt, deputy
director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute at Ames. "Now that we've
demonstrated the capability to retrieve images, our goal is to
complete the tape drives' restoration and move toward retrieving all
of the images on the remaining tapes," he added.
As the images are processed, they will be submitted to the Planetary
Data System, which NASA's Space Science Mission Directorate in
Washington sponsors in cooperation with NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The images also will be calibrated with
standard mapping coordinates from the U.S. Geological Survey's
Astrogeology Research Program in Flagstaff, Ariz.
NASA will launch the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2009 to map the
moon's surface. The restoration of the Lunar Orbiter images to high
quality images will provide the scientific community with a baseline
to measure and understand changes that have occurred on the moon since
the 1960s. These data could help mission planners assess the long-term
risk to lunar inhabitants from small meteor impacts and establish
longitude and latitude lines for lunar mapping.
"This effort was made possible by the vision and dedication of
Apollo-era NASA employees, independent researchers, and a true veteran
team of engineers and young students," said Dennis Wingo, the program
lead for the project.
NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate and Innovative
Partnerships Program Office in Washington provided initial funding for
the project. Engineering and logistics for the project team were
provided by Wingo of SkyCorp, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., with donated
services by Keith Cowing from SpaceRef Interactive, Inc., Reston, Va.,
under the auspices of Alliance of Commercial Enterprises and Education
for Space, and the NASA Lunar Science Institute.
To view the image and for more information about the Lunar Orbiter
Image Recovery Project, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/moonmars/features/LOIRP
and
http://www.moonviews.com
For more information about NASA's exploration program, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/exploration
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
==============================================================
image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the
iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966.
Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA
produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when
it was originally taken. The data may help the next generation of
explorers as NASA prepares to return to the moon.
snip
------------------------------
Pictures here as well.
http://www.moonviews.com/
http://www.moonviews.com/
Last time I was at NASA Ames Research Center I was told that
McDonald's restaurant was closed.
It looks like this is where they set up shop.
Image below: McMoons at NASA ARC - home of the Lunar Orbiter Image
Recovery Project (LOIRP) Credit: LOIRP/MOONVIEWS.COM
http://images.spaceref.com/
Image below: ANother view of McMoons at NASA ARC - home of the Lunar
Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP) Credit: LOIRP/MOONVIEWS.COM
http://images.spaceref.com/
Thanks for looking up with me.
Larry Kellogg
Web Site: http://lkellogg.vttoth.com/
BlogSpot: http://kelloggserialreports.
RSS link: http://kelloggserialreports.
Newsletter: https://news.altair.com/
==============================
In today's space news from SpaceRef:
-- NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image
http://www.spaceref.com/news/
"NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old image of Earth on
Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1
spacecraft took the iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar
surface in 1966. Using
refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA produced the
image at a much
higher resolution than was possible when it was originally taken. The
data may help the next
generation of explorers as NASA prepares to return to the moon."
More information on the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP)
is available at
http://www.moonviews.com
snip
http://www.spaceref.com/video/
==============================
NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image
http://www.nasa.gov/home/
Nov. 13, 2008
Grey Hautaluoma
Headquarters, Washington
202-358-0668
grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov
Kimberly Newton
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
650-604-5026
kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov
RELEASE: 08-291
NASA RESTORES HISTORIC LUNAR ORBITER IMAGE
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. -- NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old
image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the
iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966.
Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA
produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when
it was originally taken. The data may help the next generation of
explorers as NASA prepares to return to the moon.
In the late 1960s, NASA sent five Lunar Orbiter missions to photograph
the surface of the moon and gain a better understanding of the lunar
environment in advance of the Apollo program. Data were recorded on
large magnetic tapes and transferred to photographic film for
scientific analysis. When these images were first retrieved from
lunar orbit, only a portion of their true resolution was available
because of the limited technology available.
The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project, located at NASA's Ames
Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., is taking analog data from
original recorders used to store on tape and 1,500 of the original
tapes, converting the data into digital form, and reconstructing the
images. The restored image released Thursday confirms data from the
original tapes can be retrieved from the newly-restored tape drives
from the 1960s when combined with software from 2008.
snip
==============================
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/
Kimberly Newton
Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif.
650-604-5026
kimberly.d.newton@nasa.gov
Grey Hautaluoma
Headquarters, Washington
grey.hautaluoma-1@nasa.gov
RELEASE : 08_99AR
Correction -- NASA Restores Historic Lunar Orbiter Image
MOFFETT FIELD, Calif. – NASA released a newly restored 42-year-old
image of Earth on Thursday. The Lunar Orbiter 1 spacecraft took the
iconic photograph of Earth rising above the lunar surface in 1966.
Using refurbished machinery and modern digital technology, NASA
produced the image at a much higher resolution than was possible when
it was originally taken. The data may help the next generation of
explorers as NASA prepares to return to the moon.
In the late 1960s, NASA sent five Lunar Orbiter missions to photograph
the surface of the moon and gain a better understanding of the lunar
environment in advance of the Apollo program. Data were recorded on
large magnetic tapes and transferred to photographic film for
scientific analysis. When these images were first retrieved from lunar
orbit, only a portion of their true resolution was available because
of the limited technology available.
The Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project, located at NASA's Ames
Research Center at Moffett Field, Calif., is taking analog data from
original recorders used to store on tape and 1,500 of the original
tapes, converting the data into digital form, and reconstructing the
images. The restored image released Thursday confirms data from the
original tapes can be retrieved from the newly-restored tape drives
from the 1960s when combined with software from 2008.
"I'm glad that we could offer our services to the project team and
play a part in the recovery of such an historic image of the moon,"
said Ames Director S. Pete Worden.
Future images will be made publically available when they are fully
processed and calibrated. The intent of this project is to facilitate,
wherever possible, the broadest dissemination and public use of these
images.
"It's a tremendous feeling to restore a 40-year-old image and know it
can be useful to future explorers," said Gregory Schmidt, deputy
director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute at Ames. "Now that we've
demonstrated the capability to retrieve images, our goal is to
complete the tape drives' restoration and move toward retrieving all
of the images on the remaining tapes," he added.
As the images are processed, they will be submitted to the Planetary
Data System, which NASA's Space Science Mission Directorate in
Washington sponsors in cooperation with NASA's Jet Propulsion
Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The images also will be calibrated with
standard mapping coordinates from the U.S. Geological Survey's
Astrogeology Research Program in Flagstaff, Ariz.
NASA will launch the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter in 2009 to map the
moon's surface. The restoration of the Lunar Orbiter images to high
quality images will provide the scientific community with a baseline
to measure and understand changes that have occurred on the moon since
the 1960s. These data could help mission planners assess the long-term
risk to lunar inhabitants from small meteor impacts and establish
longitude and latitude lines for lunar mapping.
"This effort was made possible by the vision and dedication of
Apollo-era NASA employees, independent researchers, and a true veteran
team of engineers and young students," said Dennis Wingo, the program
lead for the project.
NASA's Exploration Systems Mission Directorate and Innovative
Partnerships Program Office in Washington provided initial funding for
the project. Engineering and logistics for the project team were
provided by Wingo of SkyCorp, Inc., Huntsville, Ala., with donated
services by Keith Cowing from SpaceRef Interactive, Inc., Reston, Va.,
under the auspices of Alliance of Commercial Enterprises and Education
for Space, and the NASA Lunar Science Institute.
To view the image and for more information about the Lunar Orbiter
Image Recovery Project, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/
and
http://www.moonviews.com
For more information about NASA's exploration program, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/
- end -
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WHAT THE MIND CAN CONCEIVE, AND BELIEVE, IT WILL ACHIEVE - LRK
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