{"id":6453,"date":"2012-05-12T02:24:44","date_gmt":"2012-05-12T02:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.com\/?p=6453"},"modified":"2012-06-11T00:38:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-11T00:38:58","slug":"two-astronauts-visit-the-sea-turtes-clinic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/two-astronauts-visit-the-sea-turtes-clinic\/","title":{"rendered":"Two astronauts and one Miss to release Costa Luna"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During their stay in French Polynesia, Charles Duke and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Clervoy have spent some time visiting the Sea Turtles Clinic in Moorea. These unusual visitors created an occasion for an unusual event: the release of Costa Luna, a sea turtle who stayed 6 years at the Clinic.<\/h5>\n

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\"\"<\/a>May 12th, 2012: The conference “I walked on the moon”<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

The moonwalker Charles Duke<\/strong> and the French astronaut Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Clervoy<\/strong>, also Patron of te mana o te moana<\/a>, proposed a public conference called “I walked on the moon”<\/a>. This event <\/a>was co-organised by te mana o te moana and the Lions Club of Papeete, in honnor of the 40th anniversary of Apollo 16 mission<\/strong>, to which Charles duke participated 40 years ago.<\/p>\n

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>> Read more about the conference “I walked on the Moon” and read the interview of Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Clervoy<\/a><\/h6>\n
>> Read the interview of Charles Duke<\/a><\/h6>\n
>> Download the REVUE DE PRESSE (Internet et presse \u00e9crite) – Deux astronautes en visite \u00e0 Tahiti<\/a><\/h6>\n

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\"Miss<\/a>May 11th, 2012: Costa Luna returns to the ocean… at last!<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

Costa was found agonising on a beach, on Tahiti island, on the 7th of May 2006<\/strong>, aged almost 2, with an spear-gun arrow piercing her neck<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Today, she has reached 51,2kg and 78,5cm, and is able to live by herself back in the wild<\/strong>. It is a very special moment for te mana o te moana’s team, because Costa remained 6 whole years at the Sea Turtles Clinic<\/a><\/strong>. Amongst all sea turtles that have been released, Costa is the one who stayed the longest.<\/p>\n

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This return back to the ocean was supported by prestigious patrons<\/strong>, such as Charles Duke, former NASA astronaut who walked on the moon in 1972, who renamed her Costa Luna<\/strong>, and Miss Tahiti, Rauata Temauri<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The escort first visited the Sea Turtles Clinic<\/a>, in order to help get Costa Luna ready for the release. Indeed, Costa Luna won’t leave us without news, because she will be equipped with a satellite tag<\/a> which will send information on her position<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This satellite tagging program<\/a> is supported by the Annenberg Foundation, the NOAA and Georges Balasz scientist, the Nicolas Hulot Foundation for Man and Nature, Tahiti Legends and the CNES throughout its educational program “Argonautica”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a short journey on boat to the western side of the Opunohu Bay, Costa Luna left the world of humans, forever we hope, to get back to hers.<\/p>\n

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>> Follow Costa Luna’s position<\/a> with Argonautica<\/h6>\n
>> Read the story of COSTA LUNA<\/a><\/h6>\n

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  During their stay in French Polynesia, Charles Duke and Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Clervoy have spent some time visiting the Sea Turtles Clinic in Moorea. These unusual visitors created an occasion for an unusual event: the release of Costa Luna, a sea turtle who stayed 6 years at the Clinic.   May 12th, 2012: The conference “I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35,34,87],"tags":[89,30,95,13],"class_list":{"0":"post-6453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-conferences","7":"category-education-2","8":"category-releases","9":"tag-clinic","10":"tag-jean-francois-clervoy","11":"tag-satellite-tagging","12":"tag-sea-turtles","13":"entry","14":"has-post-thumbnail","15":"override"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6453"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6752,"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6453\/revisions\/6752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.temanaotemoana.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}