Where in the Universe?

June 18, 2008

In a small crater lies a plaque with the names of 14 astronauts and cosmonauts who met their deaths on the road to the final frontier. It rests alongside a small metal sculpture called "Fallen Astronaut." Only two people have seen this makeshift memorial. A small electric car is parked nearby, though it hasn’t moved in more than 35 years. Inside the car is book. It is a bible. Where am I?

Comments

[Doug Booker]

Had to go to NASA website

A close-up view of a commemorative plaque left on the Moon at the Hadley-Apennine landing site in memory of 14 NASA astronauts and USSR cosmonauts, now deceased. Their names are inscribed in alphabetical order on the plaque. The plaque was stuck in the lunar soil by Astronauts David R. Scott and James B. Irwin during their Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity. The tin, man-like object represents the figure of a fallen astronaut/cosmonaut.

[Dave Mosher]

From the description/image, it sounds like a remote beach that some forgetful people rode an electric car to get to... But I think we know Doug Booker has it right :)

[birdwatch]

That was quick! And Doug is right. In an interview after his flight, Apollo 15 commander
David Scott said that the plaque should really had have 16 names. The Soviet Union kept the deaths of cosmonauts Valentine Bondarenko and Grigori Nelyubov a secret.

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