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Fifty years ago this Sunday (February 7, 1971), the crew of Apollo 14 left lunar orbit and headed for home. They watched this Earthrise from their command module Kittyhawk. With Earth’s sunlit crescent just peeking over the lunar horizon, the cratered terrain in the foreground is along the lunar farside. Of course, while orbiting the […]

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Wikipedia article of the day is Cheadle Hulme. Check it out: https://ift.tt/2dKLU1T Summary: Cheadle Hulme is a suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. Historically in Cheshire, it lies south-east of Manchester, in the Ladybrook Valley. In 2011, it had a population of 26,479. Evidence of Bronze Age, Roman and Anglo-Saxon […]

Wikipedia picture of the day on February 5, 2021: Vicuñas (Vicugna vicugna) in Salar de Chalviri, Bolivia. https://ift.tt/39MOX8n

Was interessiert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern… — J V (@JV87567) February 4, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Der Schäuble-Clan. — Julian Seehauser ⓈⒺⒺⒽⒶⓊⓈⒺⓇ (@Cardosi_28) February 4, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Wie eine große Familie — ich bin ich (@Roth88564130) February 4, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

Apollo 14 arrived n lunar orbit on Feb. 4, 1971 to prepare for the landing in and exploration of the Fra Mauro highlands. via NASA https://ift.tt/39OY4p2

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