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Hi everyone, During the mission anniversary, you can follow along in real time at http://apollo17.org (non-mobile). This website contains all of the available historical mission material, and presents it as it occurred, 46 years ago to-the-second. I'm the creator of the website. Apologies for the shameless promotion. I thought this community would enjoy it. Ben Feist

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

Thanks for sharing the site. I'm glad you're enjoying it. There will be an updated version released soon for the 44th anniversary in December. I'll be sure to post here when it's live. Ben

The Webby Awards results were announced today, and we fell behind Science Friday's well-deserved win (http://www.sciencefriday.com/). Thanks to everyone who supported Apollo17.org with a vote. Since its Webby nomination was announced, over 130,000 people visited the site resulting in thousands of hours of mission content being served to the general public. I consider that a win of its own. Thanks again, Ben

Apollo17.org, the real-time archive of the last mission to the moon is up for a Webby Award! Thanks to all those who have already voted, the site is currently in 2nd place in its category. Voting is almost over. If you like the site and would like to show your support, please give us a vote at https://pv.webbyawards.com/2016/websites/general-website/science Much appreciated! Ben Feist Author, Apollo17.org

Thanks for the shout-out guys. I thought I'd jump in here and beg for votes. Apollo17.org has been nominated for a webby. If you're enjoying the site, please take a second to vote for it. https://pv.webbyawards.com/2016/websites/general-website/science

Hi all, Apollo17.org has been nominated for a Webby Award! If you like the site, please take a second to cast a vote: https://pv.webbyawards.com/2016/websites/general-website/science

Hi all, Apollo17.org has been nominated for a Webby Award! If you like the site, please take a second to cast a vote: https://pv.webbyawards.com/2016/websites/general-website/science

The local news took interest in my Apollo17.org project. I thought you guys might be interested. http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/online-videos-photos-let-you-relive-final-apollo-mission-1.2738149

Hi everyone, The site is up for an internet award. Please take a second to vote if you liked it! http://www.awwwards.com/best-websites/apollo-17-in-real-time/

Thanks. It will stay live all year. I'll be adding to it as more material becomes available, and will definitely be running it again next year.

3 minutes to #splashdown http://apollo17.org/?t=304:28:54 I hope you all enjoyed the live coverage!

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If anyone's still interested, the crew has started their first EVA, and the mission's first television transmission from the moon will start at around 8:07pm EST. http://apollo17.org/?t=118:14:02

I'm really glad you like the site. If you know anyone else who might like it, please pass it along. I'm having trouble getting the word out. That series of numbers you posted is called a PAD, which is basically manoeuver instructions to get into a return trajectory in case they lose communications with Earth. There's a great book called How Apollo Flew to the Moon that goes into this level of detail to explain what everything is. It's a great book.

2 minutes now!

It's now officially the 43rd anniversary of the mission! Between Dec 6th, 9:55pm EST and Dec 19th 3:29pm EST (when the mission ends), this link: http://apollo17.org/?t=rt will drop you into the mission exactly 43 years ago to the second. The crew might be working, eating, walking on the moon, or even sleeping. At any time you can jump out of "real time" mode and explore the whole experience, or click to sync back up with today's date an time to continue along. A friend and I created this site independently. There's no commercial aspect to it, and it's not officially affiliated with NASA. I hope the world takes interest, for at least long enough to pause and remember that for the next 13 days exactly 43 years ago, we reached the pinnacle of human space exploration. Please share if you like it.

That's huge praise. Thanks so much. I've been in touch with the audio guys at JSC about getting hold of the source recordings, but so far I haven't heard from NASA since the launch. if you're interested in what it took to make it you can read about it here http://benfeist.com/category/apollo/

Hi all, The new site is live. Enjoy! http://apollo17.org

Hi all, I'm happy to announce that after years of archival and software development work, http://apollo17.org is live. You may recall that I launch a prototype of the site this past spring, well now the real deal is up. The site concept is to give the general public the chance to experience NASA's last Apollo mission in real-time. If you visit during the anniversary (starting this Sunday evening, Dec 6) you can join the mission in-progress as it happened exactly 43 years ago to the second. I hope you all enjoy it. Comments and suggestions welcomed. Please spread the word if you're so inclined. I'm hoping many people try it.https://twitter.com/BenFeist/status/671922964170870784 Ben

Hi guys, Thanks for the post. I'm the guy behind apollo17.org. It has been a hell of a lot of work and it's great to come across people who have discovered it. I'm excited to say that I'm almost ready to publish v1.0 of the site, in time for the anniversary of the mission (December 6). I'll be sure to post here when it's live. Thanks again, Ben