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PICTURE OF THE WEEK


Spaceflight pic of week 09062006

This week's picture is from a series of unique pictures from the Flight International spaceflight archive, which goes back to the very beginning of the space age.

Are you able to tell us the event pictured above? What is the mission? Tell us your thoughts and send us your own amusing caption by emailing Rob Coppinger, Flight International's space reporter.  Answers and winning caption will be published next week. Please supply a physical location in your message.
LAST WEEK'S PICTURE

Spaceflight picture of the week 2June 2006 W445V2
NASA

“Wow, Jim (Irwin) you're right! My urine does take six times longer to reach the ground!”
Chris Thomason, Hawaii Island, USA

Thanks to you for supplying the captions.  Thanks too to all other readers who suggested an explanation.

Last week's photo shows the Apollo Moon Buggy.

Astronaut Charles Duke, Apollo 16 lunar module pilot, stands beside the lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at station 4, near Stone Mountain during the mission’s second extravehicular activity (EAV-2) on 22 April 1972.  Light rays from South Ray Crater are in the background to Duke’s left.  Palmetto Crater can be seen in this view just over the top of the rake on the rear of the LRV.

 

Source: Flight International

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