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Knights Are InTO you by Yule Iri!

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55 years ago... Apollo 14 & Golf on the Moon During their 33 hours stay on the lunar surface, Commander Alan Shepard took a moment time to play two golf balls at Fra Mauro on February 6 as NASA astronauts and sports always went together. America’s first astronaut Shepard was a very keen  golfer since his Mercury days and had the idea to carry an 6 Iron golfclub  end to the Moon. This Iron-6 was attached to a long 5-sections geologic sampler stick so Shepard could make two lunar golf Moonshots in the Fra  Mauro region. The golf issue is an interesting story, which is slightly touched on in the  2019 movie “Fallen Astronaut” by Dutch filmmaker Frank Herrebout. A  little part talks about a golf pro named Danny Lawler who was asked by  Deke Slayton to provide some golf lessons to the crews and via Lawler, the astronauts ended up wearing the alligator-logo "Lacoste" polo. Untill now it isn’t clear which golf balls were used on the Moon. The  brand could be revealed as future Moon explorers will find both golf  balls. The makeshift Apollo 14 golf club / geologic sampler went to the  U.S.G.A. museum in New Jersey. Note Rear Admiral Alan Shepard wearing his Gold astronaut pin and what looks like a personal Omega Speedmaster 145.022-69 or 145.022-71 chronograph. (Photo: UPI/NASA)