Stunning photo from the far side or "the dark side" of the Moon captured by the Chinese Chang'e 5-T1 spacecraft in 2014.
US image the US takes from L1?
John Young works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) near the Lunar Module Orion on Apollo 16 in Apr. 1972.
The LRV could be folded into a space 59 inches (length) by 45 inches (width) by 44 inches (height). When deployed, the LRV had a length of 120 inches (10 feet), a width of 72 inches (6 feet), and a height of 48 inches (4 feet). Unloaded, it weighed 460 lb (209 kg) on Earth and 76 lb (35 kg) on the Moon. Each wheel was independently driven by a 1⁄4 horsepower (200 W) electric motor. Although it could be driven by either astronaut, the commander always drove. Travelling at speeds up to 6 to 8 mph (10 to 12 km/h), it meant that the astronauts could travel far afield from their lander and still have enough time to do some scientific experiments.
German workers pose with downed British Spitfire P9374 near Calais, France in 1940. It was brought down over the coast, and its pilot, Flying Officer Peter Cazenove, carried out a perfect belly landing on the beach near Calais, radioing back "Tell mother I’ll be home for tea!. Cazenove participated in holding off German forces around Calais before he was captured as a POW. He was kept at Stalag Luft III, participating in the historic events of "Great Escape", although he was unable to escape himself. His Spitfire remained in the same location until the 1980s. It was recovered, and eventually restored to flying condition in 2011.
With a fuel load of 33,626 gallons of aviation gas and 1,500 gallons of engine oil, the B-36 Peacemaker required a fleet of tanker trucks for each fill-up. At cruising speed this B model’s six Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major R-4360 engines consumed 600 gallons of gas an hour. Each 28 cylinder engine had its own 250 gallon engine oil tank. Each cylinder had two spark plugs for a total of 336 per plane. Now that is an expensive gas station stop!
