Fifty years later, it remains the most impressive bunker shot in the history of golf, mainly because of the location.
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Apollo 14 commander Alan B. Shepard Jr. and his crew brought back 42 kilograms of moon rocks on Feb. 6, 1971. Left behind were two golf balls that Shepard, who later described the moon’s surface as "one big sand trap," hit with a makeshift 6-iron to become a footnote in history.
Francis Ouimet put golf on the front page of American newspapers by winning the 1913 U.S. Open. Gene Sarazen put the Masters on the map by holing a 235-yard shot for an albatross in the final round of his 1935 victory.
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US still committed to landing Artemis astronauts on the moon, White House says | Space
The Biden administration's crucial first 100 days in office now includes a big human spaceflight pledge.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Thursday (Feb. 4) that President Joe Biden will carry on the Artemis program to land humans on the moon in the coming years. Artemis began under Biden's predecessor, then-President Donald Trump.
"Through the Artemis program, the United States government will work with industry and international partners to send astronauts to the surface of the moon — another man and a woman to the moon," Psaki told reporters in a White House press briefing Thursday.
Hey Ray! What Causes The Different Phases Of The Moon – CBS Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Moon is neat to watch because it has several different looks during its 27 day cycle. It sometimes looks like a fingernail. Other times it looks like half of a pie, and other times it is a bright, shiny disk in the sky.
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First things first, the Moon does not produce its own light. Actually, there is only one source of light in the solar system, and that is the Sun!
The Sun lights up a different part of the Moon each night of the Moon’s cycle. The part of the moon we see from Earth depends on the Moon’s position, and the different positions give us eight, different Moon phases.
OL Taylor Moon, Statesboro | WSAV-TV
(WSAV) - Jaheim Howard was a sturdy center for Windsor Forest all season long. Jeb Stewart described Howard as "a student of the game," someone as serious about learning the ins and outs of his position as he was being physically imposing. Howard showed out enough on the field to make the all-region 3 3A team; not a small task given the number of talented linemen he was up against. Windsor Forest will definitely miss Howard's presence up front next season.
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Whole of the moon: Tim Easley's lunar photography - in pictures | Art and design | The Guardian
Artemis: Biden administration backs US Moon shot - BBC News
President Joe Biden has endorsed the effort to return to the Moon that was initiated under his predecessor Donald Trump.
There had been speculation over the direction the new administration might take on the Artemis programme.
The plan would see the next man and the first woman land on the lunar surface in the next few years.
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"I'm very excited about it now - to tell my daughter all about it," Ms Psaki said, adding: "Through the Artemis programme, the United States government will work with industry and international partners to send astronauts to the surface of the Moon - another man and a woman to the Moon."
Amount of water on the Moon varies by location and time of day - SpaceFlight Insider
This image depicts the location of Clavius Crater, a rendering of water trapped in lunar soil, and the SOFIA Observatory. Image Credit: NASA
Two Earth-based studies confirm water molecules are present on the Moon, but the amounts vary depending on location and time of day, Casey Honniball of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center reported in a Jan. 21 online seminar titled “A Tale of Lunar Water,” sponsored by the Lunar and Planetary Institute ( LPI ) in Houston, Texas.
It’s not just the pandemic.
Sleep and circadian rhythms have long been associated with the powerful effects of the sun cycle. But in recent years, a growing number of studies have suggested that another familiar celestial body might also be impacting your ability to get a restful night’s sleep: the moon.
A paper published in the journal Science Advances found that people tend to have a harder time sleeping in the days leading up to a full moon. Researchers reported that sleep patterns among the study’s 98 participants appeared to fluctuate over the course of the 29½-day lunar cycle, with the latest bedtimes and least amount of rest occurring on nights three to five days before the moon reaches its brightest phase.
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