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3 unusual facts about Explorers on the Moon


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In 1954, in The Adventures of Tintin comic Explorers on the Moon, a drunken Captain Haddock almost becomes a satellite of the asteroid, improbably depicted passing between the Earth and the Moon.

Tintin coins

A 10 euro coin that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the book Explorers on the Moon.

Tintin postage stamps

In February 2004, the Belgian post office released a set of five stamps to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Tintin, the 50th anniversary of the book Explorers on the Moon and the 35th anniversary of Neil Armstrong's moon landing.


The Conquest of Space

Bonestell's illustrations of the Moon in The Conquest of Space were also used as a basis for Hergé when he illustrated the lunar surface in The Adventures of Tintin comic, Explorers on the Moon.


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