(via Dreams Of Space - Books And Ephemera: Planet Trip (1960))

Chairs fit for an astronaut. The crew of Apollo 16 (John Young, Charlie Duke & Ken Mattingly) have their suits checked out in preparation for their April 1972 flight. The 11-day, 2 hour mission was the rookie flight for Duke & Mattingly & was Young’s incredible 4th flight into space.

Earth at Night.

The Flying Lizard Nebula in the Small Magellanic Cloud // Addos

Frank Lloyd Wright beside a model of the new Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, October 25, 1953. This became the only Wright building in the city.

Photo: CF for the AP via the Denver Post

Lewis Dartnell

Danakil Depression in Dallol, Ethiopia

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156 years ago today in Parma the conductor Arturo Toscanini (1867-1957) was born. One of the most famous conductors.

Richard Wagner: Die Walküre - Ride of the Valkyries

Arturo Toscanini: Conductor

NBC Symphony Orchestra

We love this image of Earth captured by the Orion capsule launched on Artemis I