Retro Space HD | Apollo 14 Moon Golf - AI Upscale and Remastered TV footage - Alan Sheppard, NASA, 1971 @RetroSpaceHD | Uploaded December 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
AI upscaled and remastered TV images of Apollo 14's "Moon Golf". Two video sources were used to reduce noise and improve details. Levels were adjusted to brighten up the image and reduce lens vignetting. While still of low quality, the improved sequence makes the golf balls more visible.
Research, cleanup, editing, and processing by Retro Space HD.
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At the end of the second EVA, Shepard performed a stunt he had been planning for years in the event he reached the Moon. Shepard brought along a Wilson six-iron golf club head, which he had modified to attach to the handle of the contingency sample tool, and two golf balls. Shepard took several one-handed swings (due to the limited flexibility of the EVA suit) and exuberantly exclaimed that the second ball went "miles and miles and miles" in the low lunar gravity.
Mitchell then threw a lunar scoop handle as if it were a javelin. The "javelin" and one of the golf balls wound up in a crater together, with Mitchell's projectile a bit further.
The second EVA lasted 4 hours, 34 minutes, 41 seconds. Shepard brought back the club, gave it to the USGA Museum in New Jersey, and had a replica made which he gave to the National Air and Space Museum.
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A special thanks to the channel supporters ( patreon.com/RetroSpaceHD ):
Asbjørn
Bathypterois
David Graves
Drew Granston
Elpacholag
Francis Bernier
Gary Smith
Gio Pagliari
Glenn W. Hussey
Jackson Johnson
Jan Strzelecki
Jeff Pleimling
Jules E
Kevin Spencer
Martin J Lollar
Michael Pennington
Nathan Koga
Noah Soderquist
Popio
Rick Durr
Ryan Hardy
Scott Manley
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#apollo #moon #golf
AI upscaled and remastered TV images of Apollo 14's "Moon Golf". Two video sources were used to reduce noise and improve details. Levels were adjusted to brighten up the image and reduce lens vignetting. While still of low quality, the improved sequence makes the golf balls more visible.
Research, cleanup, editing, and processing by Retro Space HD.
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At the end of the second EVA, Shepard performed a stunt he had been planning for years in the event he reached the Moon. Shepard brought along a Wilson six-iron golf club head, which he had modified to attach to the handle of the contingency sample tool, and two golf balls. Shepard took several one-handed swings (due to the limited flexibility of the EVA suit) and exuberantly exclaimed that the second ball went "miles and miles and miles" in the low lunar gravity.
Mitchell then threw a lunar scoop handle as if it were a javelin. The "javelin" and one of the golf balls wound up in a crater together, with Mitchell's projectile a bit further.
The second EVA lasted 4 hours, 34 minutes, 41 seconds. Shepard brought back the club, gave it to the USGA Museum in New Jersey, and had a replica made which he gave to the National Air and Space Museum.
=========================================
A special thanks to the channel supporters ( patreon.com/RetroSpaceHD ):
Asbjørn
Bathypterois
David Graves
Drew Granston
Elpacholag
Francis Bernier
Gary Smith
Gio Pagliari
Glenn W. Hussey
Jackson Johnson
Jan Strzelecki
Jeff Pleimling
Jules E
Kevin Spencer
Martin J Lollar
Michael Pennington
Nathan Koga
Noah Soderquist
Popio
Rick Durr
Ryan Hardy
Scott Manley
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#apollo #moon #golf
