2026年1月17日
Apollo 14: A View from Antares
Image Credit: Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14, NASA; Mosaic – Eric M. Jones
Explanation: Apollo 14’s Lunar Module Antares landed on the Moon on February 5, 1971. Toward the end of the stay astronaut Ed Mitchell snapped a series of photos of the lunar surface while looking out a window, assembled into this detailed mosaic by Apollo Lunar Surface Journal editor Eric Jones. The view looks across the Fra Mauro highlands to the northwest of the landing site after the Apollo 14 astronauts had completed their second and final walk on the Moon. Prominent in the foreground is their Modular Equipment Transporter, a two-wheeled, rickshaw-like device used to carry tools and samples. Near the horizon at top center is a 1.5 meter wide boulder dubbed Turtle rock. In the shallow crater below Turtle rock is the long white handle of a sampling instrument, thrown there javelin-style by Mitchell. Mitchell’s fellow moonwalker and first American in space, Alan Shepard, also used a makeshift six iron to hit two golf balls. One of Shepard’s golf balls is just visible as a white spot below Mitchell’s javelin.
Tomorrow’s picture: infrared Jupiter
阿波罗14号: 从安塔瑞斯的视角
影像提供: Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14, NASA; Mosaic – Eric M. Jones
说明: 1971年2月5日，阿波罗14号登月舱安塔瑞斯号（Antares）成功登陆月球。在停留的最后阶段，宇航员艾德·米切尔透过舷窗拍摄了一系列月球表面照片，这些照片后来被阿波罗月面期刊编辑埃里克·琼斯拼接成这幅精细的马赛克图像。照片拍摄于阿波罗14号宇航员完成第二次也是最后一次月球漫步之后，镜头从着陆点西北方向眺望弗拉毛罗（Fra Mauro）高地的景象。在前景中清晰可见的是他们的模组化设备运输车，这是一种类似人力车的双轮装置，用于运送工具和样本。画面上方中央靠近地平线处有一块宽约1.5公尺的巨石，称为龟岩（Turtle rock）。在龟岩下方的浅坑中，有一个长白色手柄的取样工具，是由米切尔以标枪方式抛掷到那里的。米切尔的同伴，也是第一位进入太空的美国人艾伦·雪帕德，还用一根临时制作的六号铁杆打击了两颗高尔夫球。雪帕德击出的其中一个高尔夫球隐约可见，在米切尔标枪下方的一个白点。
明日的图片: infrared Jupiter
