Swift about this particular find, we were suspect, but indeed, the chemical tests and analyses proved this ball to be the real thing. The oyster farmer first brought his unusual find to the local fish and game authorities who said it was truly "unlike anything they had ever seen in our waters." Further testing and research by aerospace researchers confirmed the artifact's true origin: Commander Shepard's golf ball from space. Scientists are still a bit unclear about its exact time of re-entry."Īccording to the museum the legendary golf ball was found last fall in late October or early November. It's likely that ball simply kept orbiting the Earth in an unstable orbit until it finally collided with the atmosphere. "He shanked the ball so hard that it left lunar orbit and entered a Trans-Earth trajectory. "Only a handful of people in NASA knew of Shepard's plan when, on February 6, 1971, after an extended excursion on the lunar surface, he pulled out the club, dropped two balls on the moon and proceeded to strike," according to a press release from the museum. The Museum of Flight in Seattle announced that that same golf ball had washed up along the coastline in Grays Harbor, WA, where it was found by an oyster farmer named Elliott Swift, and would be included in a new April 1 and 2 exhibit. On February 6, 1971, Apollo 14 commander Alan Shepard took an out-of-this-world stroke at a golf ball on the lunar surface. To celebrate April Fools' Day, the Museum of Flight in Seattle displayed charred golf ball it claimed was hit from the moon by Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard in 1971. With an average cruise speed of 6,111 mph (22,000 km/h), the TS48 would carry passengers to the Red Planet in roughly 102 days, according to the press release. The final destination on the Netflights April Fools' itinerary is a week-long stay on Mars. "The trip to the Moon and back takes just four days, and boasts indulgent dining and sleeping facilities on board." "The first of three destinations available from Netflights.space is a life changing experience to the exosphere, which involves soaring over the International Space Station (ISS) and orbiting the Earth multiple times - an experience currently available for international, space-trained astronauts," the company said in a press release. Spacefarers were informed they would launch from a "top-secret" spaceport in Lake District, UK, aboard a 20-passenenger spacecraft called TS48. The travel company offered customers the opportunity to register for pioneer trips to Earth' exosphere, the Moon and even to Mars. and The Museum of Flight have a few April Fools' space pranks up their sleeves today, April 1. “In something of an about turn, the Guardian today pledges its ‘full throated support’ for the monarchy,” it said in its online edition, which features a comprehensive live blog poking fun at rival newspapers and broadcasters.Today, you can sign up for an once-in-a-lifetime trip to Mars and even see the golf ball that was lofted from the lunar surface nearly 50 years ago at a new museum exhibit -also, Happy April Fools' Day! In terms of journalistic resources, few put in as much effort as the Guardian, traditionally a bastion of royal-bashing republicanism. The big royal occasion later this month was the top target for traditional April 1 pranks in the press on Friday, including bride-to-be Kate Middleton shopping for baby clothes and the left-leaning Guardian joining the pro-monarchy bandwagon.īeyond the royal nuptials, British tycoon Richard Branson has snapped up Pluto in a bid to reinstate it as a planet while his Virgin Atlantic airline will encourage first class travellers to grow their own vegetables on long-haul flights.Īnd the Daily Telegraph reported a “secret memo” about Labour Party plans to hold royal wedding-style street parties to mark the upcoming marriage of its leader Ed Miliband on May 27.
#APRIL FOOLS PRANK PROPOSAL FOR SPACE TRIAL#
An image taken from Virgin Atlantic's fruity April Fool's press release, in which the airline describes a trial period, from the 1st April 2011, where fresh herbs and vegetables are provided from a specifically designed ‘vegetable patch’ in the galley of all aircraft for Upper Class passengers.
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