Announcing new Apollo17.org, 44th anniversary edition with new features, rare footage, and Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter landing site reconstruction

[bfeist]

Hi everyone,

Happy Apollo 17 anniversary everyone.

I've updated apollo17.org with a ton of new features. The site has received a lot of attention this past year, and over the summer I've expanded it greatly. I worked with the LRO team to reconstruct the landing site in 3D and add animations of the LRV traverses. I also added new interfaces (like transcript search) plus hours of previously unavailable historical footage.

The landing sequence will begin tomorrow, December 11th at 2:45PM EST if you'd like to watch it "live". Of course, if you're impatient you could just jump to that moment too: http://apollo17.org/?t=112:52:17

Thanks,
Ben Feist

Here are links to the LRO animated LRV traverses for those interested:
http://apollo17.org?t=119:04:49 - Rover driving to Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) site
http://apollo17.org?t=121:36:13 - Rover driving to Station 1 (Steno Crater)
http://apollo17.org?t=122:35:47 - Crew driving from Station 1 to Surface Electrical Properties site to end EVA1
http://apollo17.org?t=141:30:47 - Rover driving to Station 2 (South Massif - Nansen Crater)
http://apollo17.org?t=143:45:51 - Rover driving to Station 3 (Lara Crater)
http://apollo17.org?t=145:03:55 - Rover driving to Station 4 (Shorty Crater)
http://apollo17.org?t=145:54:47 - Rover driving to Station 5 (Camelot Crater)
http://apollo17.org?t=146:52:35 - Crew driving to from Station 5 back to Lunar Module to end EVA2
http://apollo17.org?t=164:21:27 - Rover driving to Station 6 (Tracy's Rock)
http://apollo17.org?t=166:02:10 - Rover driving to Station 7 (North Massif)
http://apollo17.org?t=167:32:28 - Rover driving to Station 8 (Sculptured Hills)
http://apollo17.org?t=167:32:28 - Rover driving to Station 9 (Van Serg Crater)
http://apollo17.org?t=168:47:07 - Rover driving back to Lunar Module to end EVA3
http://apollo17.org?t=169:52:48 - Cernan driving rover to its final resting place

[Wallygator]

That's a pretty cool site.  Really well designed.  I like it.

[benzman]

Brilliant site and great idea!  I watched it all in real time last year and will do the same this year, with time off for sleeping.  Reminds me of hearing it all at the time.  Was it all really that long ago?  Doesn't time fly.

[Aethon]

Yes.  Very cool.  Thanks for posting here!