“Apollo 14” and “Top 10 TV Cars” - This Day in History – Jan 31st

NASA’s Apollo 14 departs for its manned moon mission

Back in 1971 the Apollo 14 was launched from Cape Canaveral, FL for NASA’s third moon landing. The three astronauts launched in this vessel were: Edgar D. Mitchell, Stuart A. Roosa and Alan B. Shepard Jr.  History.com stated that, “Upon stepping out of the lunar module, Shepard, who in 1961, aboard Freedom 7, was the first American in space, became the fifth astronaut to walk on the moon. Shepard and Mitchell remained on the lunar surface for nearly 34 hours, conducting simple scientific experiments, such as hitting golf balls into space with Shepard's golf club, and collecting 96 pounds of lunar samples. On February 9, Apollo 14 safely returned to Earth.”

Links to video regarding this article: 

http://youtu.be/Rj8dVdJyj1c

Cars.com nominates the 10 most memorable TV automobiles

Back in 2007, the website cars.com, gave their list of the 10 most memorable cars on television.  The winners are:

#1   1982 Pontiac Trans Am from  “Knight Ridder’s KITT”

#2   1969 Dodge Charger from  “Dukes of Hazzard’s General Lee”

#3   Multicolored van from  “Scooby Doo’s Mystery Machine”

#4   Ferrari 308 GTS from  “Magnum, P.I.”

#5   1955 Lincoln Futura concept car from  “Batman’s Batmobile”

#6   1975 Ford Gran Torino from  “Starsky and Hutch”

#7   1973 Chevrolet El Camino from  “My Name is Earl”

#8   1983 GMC G-Series Am from  “The A-Team”

#9    Mach 5 from  “Speed Racer”

#10   2005 Maserati Quattroporte from  “Entourage”

** Note this video link below is my car choice that was ignored. 

Links to video regarding this article:

http://youtu.be/koPEnaz0Qm8

All History facts provided from the link below:

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/author-zane-grey-is-born?catId=11