Falcon feather on Moon

Date Created: 01 July 2019

Author: Team

Source: Correspondence with Kris Ulens and Marc De Mits

Owner: NASA

Location: NASA, USA, Moon

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Comments from Kris Ulens, Marc De Mits and their team -

We have received request by people who are building a maquette (scale 1/4) of an astronaut doing the experiment done in the moon in 1971. It seems a hammer and a feather of a falcon where used to demonstrate the impact of friction with air on falling objects. Original foto's of the experiment are attached. The person building the maquette is in close contact with astronauts and they have confirmed that the feather of the falcon is still on the moon (see picture in attachment).  Also the buggy used on the moon was called "Falcon".

 

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