☀️☀️☀️ What a view! The illuminated Earth at a record-high altitude of 850 miles, Gemini 11, September 1966. • Credit: Richard Gordon Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA S-66-54706, caption on verso • [Caption] Western half of Australia, including the coastline from Perth to Port Darwin, looking west, as seen from the Gemini XI spacecraft during its 26th revolution of the Earth. Photograph was made while the spacecraft was at a record-high apogee of 740 nautical miles. Taken with a modified 70mm Hasselblad camera, using Eastman Kodak, Ektachrome, MS (S.O. 368 colour film). • Once docked with the Agena vehicle, the astronauts used its propulsion system to increase the apogee of their orbit to 850 miles (1,370 km), the highest Earth orbit ever reached by a manned spacecraft. • #Earth #1966 #Gemini #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
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🚀🚀🚀 One of our most dramatic launch photographs in a large format print. We can't get enough of the red machinery in the foreground. 🔥 • Gemini-Titan V Launch, Gemini V, August 1965 (Large Format) Large format vintage chromogenic print, 35.6 x 28.2 cm [NASA negative number S-65-46437] • [NASA description] Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles "Pete" Conrad was the third crewed Earth-orbiting spacecraft of the Gemini series. The flight was designed to last eight days and test rendezvous procedures. The major objectives of this mission were to demonstrate a long-duration crewed flight, evaluate the effects of long periods of weightlessness on the crew, and test rendezvous capabilities and manoeuvres using a rendezvous evaluation pod. Secondary objectives included demonstration of all phases of guidance and control systems to support rendezvous and controlled re-entry guidance, to evaluate the fuel cell power system and rendezvous radar, to test the capability of either pilot to manoeuvre the spacecraft in orbit to close proximity with another object, and to conduct 17 experiments. • #Launch #Gemini #1965 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
🌘🌀🌎 SOLD! And on its way to a new home. • Earthrise above the lunar horizon, Apollo 8, December 1968 Vintage chromogenic print, 25.4 x 20.3 cm NASA AS8-14-2392 • High-oblique view of the moon's surface showing Earth rising above the lunar horizon, looking west-southwest, as photographed from the Apollo 8 spacecraft as it orbited the moon. The center of the picture is located at about 105 degrees east longitude and 13 degrees south latitude. The lunar surface probably has less pronounced color than indicated by this print. • “I think the one overwhelming emotion that we had was when we saw the earth rising in the distance over the lunar landscape… it makes us realise that we all do exist on one small globe. For from 230,000 miles away it really is a small planet.” Frank Borman • #Apollo8 #Moon #Earth #1968 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
⚡️⚡️⚡️Close-up view of Saturn’s Rings as seen by Voyager 1, November 1980. • Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm Caption on verso • [Caption] This view of Saturn’s rings shows the reversal of brightness of the major features in the rings when viewed from the unilluminated side – a perspective seen by Voyager 1 on November 12, 1980 at a range of 717,000 kilometres (444,000 miles). The C-ring and material in the Cassini Division (nearly white in this exaggerated colour image) are bright while the B-ring is now dark (shown here as reddish-brown). • NASA launched the two Voyager spacecraft to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in the late summer of 1977. Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter occurred March 5, 1979. Voyager 2's closest approach was July 9, 1979. The Voyager 1 and 2 Saturn encounters occurred nine months apart, in November 1980 and August 1981. Voyager 1 is leaving the solar system. Voyager 2 completed its encounter with Uranus in January 1986 and with Neptune in August 1989, and is now also en-route out of the solar system. • #Voyager #Voyager1 #Voyager2 #Saturn #1980 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
🛰🛰🛰 [NASA description] With this mission, NASA successfully completed its first rendezvous of two spacecraft. This photograph of the NASA Gemini VII spacecraft was taken through the hatch window of the Gemini VI spacecraft during rendezvous and staion keeping maneuvres at an altitude of approximately 160 miles on December 15, 1965. The photograph was taken using Kodak SO 217 film with an ASA of 64. The Gemini VI crew of Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford made rendezvous with the orbiting Gemini VII less than six hours after launch and flew within inches of the spacecraft housing Jim Lovell and Frank Borman. • Thomas Stafford, Gemini 7, close-up view Gemini 6 & 7, December 1965 Credit: Thomas Stafford Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA S65-63194 • #Gemini #1965 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
🛰🌎🌑 “As I reached for my Hasselblad, suddenly the Earth popped up over the horizon. I could not have staged it any better, but the alignment was not of my doing. But at any rate, as I clicked away, I realised for the first time, in one frame, appeared three billion earthlings, two explorers, and one moon. The photographer, of course, was discretely out of view.” M. Collins. • The Lunar Module returning from the Moon for rendezvous, Earthrise beyond, Apollo 11, July 1969 Credit: Michael Collins Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS11-44-6642, caption on verso • [NASA description] The Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage is photographed from the Command and Service Modules during rendezvous in lunar orbit. The LM, with Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Commander, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, was making its docking approach to the CSM. Armstrong and Aldrin were returning from the lunar surface. Astronaut Michael Collins remained with the CSM while the other two Apollo 11 crewmen explored the Moon. The LM descent stage, used as a launch base, was left on the lunar surface. The large, dark coloured area in the background is Smyth’s Sea, centred at 85 degrees east longitude and 2 degrees south latitude on the lunar nearside. This view is looking west. The Earth rises above the lunar horizon. • #Apollo11 #Earthrise #Moon #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
🌋🌋🌋 The discovery of active volcanism on Jupiter's moon Io was one of the biggest surprises of the Voyager missions. Seen here blooming above the outline of Moon's surface, it was the first time active volcanoes had been seen on another body in the solar system. It appears that activity on Io affects the entire Jovian system. Io appears to be the primary source of matter that pervades the Jovian magnetosphere, the region of space that surrounds the planet, primarily influenced by the planet's strong magnetic field. Sulphur, oxygen, and sodium, apparently erupted by Io's volcanoes and sputtered off the surface by impact of high-energy particles, were detected at the outer edge of the magnetosphere. • Eruption on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io, Voyager 1, January 1979 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm • [NASA description] NASA launched the two Voyager spacecraft to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in the late summer of 1977. Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter occurred March 5, 1979. Voyager 2's closest approach was July 9, 1979. • #Voyager #Voyager1 #Voyager2 #Jupiter #Io #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
⚡️⚡️⚡️ Nerves of steel! An EVA by astronauts Woody Sping and Jerry Ross on board Space Shuttle Atlantis in November 1985. Seen here against an infinite blackness of space and illuminated by artificial light in a 'nighttime' environment. • Woody Spring and Jerry Ross EVA, Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-61B, November 1985 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA 61-B-45-22 • [NASA description] An early phase of the build-up of the experimental assembly structures in extravehicular activity (EASE) components was captured on 70mm film with a handheld camera inside Atlantis’ cabin. Astronauts Jerry L. Ross (left) and Sherwood C. Spring conducted successful EVA in both “daytime” and “night time” environments. • #SpaceShuttle #1985 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
🌀🌀🌀 A mesmerising shot of Space Shuttle Challenger in orbit above the Earth. • Challenger over the Earth, Space Shuttle Challenger STS-7, June 1983 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm • [NASA description] Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space. Two communications satellites were deployed, ANIK C-2 for TELESAT Canada and PALAPA-B1 for Indonesia, both were attached to the Payload Assist Module-D (PAM-D) motors. Seven Get Away Special canisters in the cargo bay held a variety of experiments, including one studying affects of space on social behavior of an ant colony in zero gravity. Ten experiments were mounted on the Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS-01) and performed research in forming metal alloys in microgravity and the use of a remote sensing scanner. The orbiter's small control rockets were fired while SPAS-01 was held by the remote manipulator system to test the movement on an extended arm. Experiment 1: To investigate space sickness was carried out. Other payloads on this mission were: Office of Space and Terrestrial Applications-2 (OSTA-2); Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System (CFES); Monodisperse Latex Reactor (MLR) and one Shuttle Student Involvement (SSIP) experiment. • #SpaceShuttle #1983 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
😱😱😱 "Uh, Houston, we've had a problem". A view of the severely damaged Apollo 13 Service Module. The astronauts faced the fight of their lives: at risk of asphyxiation and with the assistance of their colleagues back on Earth they devised an ingenious way of 'scrubbing' the exhaled air of C02 in the cramped Command Module so they weren't killed. The mission was ultimately hailed as a "successful failure" - an apt and powerful demonstration of NASA's ability to protect human life in the event of potentially calamitous developments. • The damaged Apollo 13 Service Module seen from the Lunar Module/Command Module Apollo 13, April 1970 Vintage chromogenic print, 25.4 x 20.2 cm NASA S71-35703 • [NASA Caption] This view of the severely damaged Apollo 13 Service Module (SM) was photographed by a Maurer 16mm motion picture camera from the Lunar Module/Command Module (LM/CM) following SM jettisoning. As seen here, an entire panel on the SM was blown away by the apparent explosion of oxygen tank number two located in Sector 4 of the SM. Two of the three fuel cells are visible just forward (above) the heavily damaged area. Three fuel cells, two oxygen tanks, and two hydrogen tanks are located in Sector 4. The damaged area is located above the S-Band high gain antenna. Nearest the camera is the Service Propulsion System (SPS) engine and nozzle. The damage to the SM caused the Apollo 13 crew to use the LM as a “lifeboat”. The LM was jettisoned just prior to Earth re-entry by the CM. • #Apollo13 #1971 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
🌊🌊🌊 Splashdown!!! The Apollo 15 Command Module makes a dramatic return to Earth in August 1971 with bright red and white parachutes. Alarmingly one of the three parachutes failed to open, luckily with no harm to the crew on board. A remarkably efficient way of getting the crew back home. • Splashdown of the Apollo 15 Command Module Apollo 15, August 1971 Vintage chromogenic print, 25.4 x 20.2 cm NASA S71-43543 • [NASA Caption] The Apollo 15 Command Module (CM), with astronauts David R. Scott, commander; Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot; and James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, aboard safely touches down in the mid-Pacific Ocean to conclude a highly successful lunar landing mission. Although causing no harm to the crew men, one of the three main parachutes failed to function properly. The splashdown occurred at 3:45:53 p.m. (CDT), Aug. 7, 1971, some 330 miles north of Honolulu, Hawaii. The three astronauts were picked up by helicopter and flown to the prime recovery ship, USS Okinawa, which was only 6 1/2 miles away. • #Apollo15 #1971 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
🔥🔥🔥 Just because... a montage of Voyager 1 images of Jupiter and its moons Io and Europa. 😱😱 • Which image is your favourite?? 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5? • NASA launched the two Voyager spacecraft to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in the late summer of 1977. Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter occurred March 5, 1979. Voyager 2's closest approach was July 9, 1979. Discovery of active volcanism on the satellite Io was probably the greatest surprise. It was the first time active volcanoes had been seen on another body in the solar system. It appears that activity on Io affects the entire Jovian system. Io appears to be the primary source of matter that pervades the Jovian magnetosphere, the region of space that surrounds the planet, primarily influenced by the planet's strong magnetic field. Sulphur, oxygen, and sodium, apparently erupted by Io's volcanoes and sputtered off the surface by impact of high-energy particles, were detected at the outer edge of the magnetosphere. • #Voyager #Voyager1 #Jupiter #Io #Europa #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
📡📡📡 A dizzying view from the Space Shuttle Atlantis. NASA's fourth space-rated space shuttle, OV-104 "Atlantis," was named after the two-masted boat that served as the primary research vessel for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts from 1930 to 1966. Construction of the orbiter Atlantis began on March 3, 1980. Thanks to lessons learned in the construction and testing of orbiters Enterprise, Columbia and Challenger, Atlantis was completed in about half the time in man-hours spent on Columbia. Atlantis also served as the on-orbit launch site for many noteworthy spacecraft, including planetary probes Magellan and Galileo, as well as the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. An impressive array of onboard science experiments took place during most missions to further enhance space research in low Earth orbit. • Jerry L. Ross, EVA holding on to Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures device Space Shuttle Atlantis STS 61-B, December 1985 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm Caption on verso, 61B-102-022 • [Caption] Astronaut Jerry L. Ross, anchored to the foot restraint on the remote manipulator system (RMS), holds onto the tower-like Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures (ACCESS) device, as the Atlantis flies over white clouds and blue ocean waters. The frame was exposed with a negative-equipped camera held by Astronaut Sherwood C. Spring, who was also on the EVA-task. • #SpaceShuttle #1985 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
🗿📺🛰 A great shot showing one of the larger and more unusual surface oddities on the Moon with astronaut Eugene Cernan for scale. • Eugene Cernan, Harrison Schmitt and the Rover by a boulder, Apollo 17, December 1972 Credit: Eugene Cernan Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS17-146-22294 • [NASA description]Scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed working beside a huge boulder at Station 6 (base of North Massif) during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The front portion of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is visible on the left. This picture was taken by astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander. Schmitt is the lunar module pilot. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Challenger" to explore the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Apollo 17 Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) was an electric vehicle designed to operate in the low-gravity vacuum of the Moon and to be capable of traversing the lunar surface, allowing the Apollo astronauts to extend the range of their surface extravehicular activities. Three LRVs were driven on the Moon, one on Apollo 15 by astronauts David Scott and Jim Irwin, one on Apollo 16 by John Young and Charles Duke, and one on Apollo 17 by Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt. Each rover was used on three traverses, one per day over the three day course of each mission. • #Apollo17 #1972 #Moon #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
😃😃😃 Such a spectacular image - full of amazing colours and a compelling angle. I was reunited with this photograph for the first time in four years yesterday. What a very lucky owner I say!! 😘 • Skylab was the precursor to the International Space Station and was essentially a small floating laboratory. From its launch on May 14, 1973, until the return of its third and final crew on Feb. 8, 1974, the Skylab program proved that humans can live and work in outer space for extended periods of time. Pete Conrad, Paul Weitz and Joe Kerwin spent 28 days in orbit as the first crew of Skylab. The second crew - Alan Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott - spent 59 days in space. The final Skylab crew spent 84 days in space and consisted of Jerry Carr, Bill Pogue and Edward Gibson. Each Skylab crew set new spaceflight duration records. The record set by the final crew was not broken by an American astronaut until the Shuttle-Mir program more than 20 years later. • Skylab served as the greatest solar observatory of its time, a microgravity lab, a medical lab, an Earth-observing facility, and, most importantly, a home away from home for its residents. The program also led to new technologies. Special showers, toilets, sleeping bags, exercise equipment and kitchen facilities were designed to function in microgravity. • Owen Garriott working outside the spacecraft Skylab 3, August 1973 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA SL-3-1837, caption on verso • [Caption] Astronaut Owen K. Garriott, Skylab 3 science pilot, retrieves an imagery experiment from the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) attached to the Skylab in Earth orbit. Garriott's was a special extravehicular activity (EVA) to remove from the attached ATM/orbiting observatory magazines which will be returned to Earth when the second manning of the Skylab space station has been completed. • #SkyLab #1974 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
🌍🌍🌍 SOLD! And on its way to a new home. A stunning view of Earth as seen from Apollo 11. • The Earth, centred on Arabia and Africa, seen on the way to the Moon, Apollo 11, July 1969 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS11-36-5355 • “It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn’t feel like a giant. I felt very, very small.” Neil Armstrong • [NASA description] Most of Africa and portions of Europe and Asia can be seen in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-lunar coast toward the moon. Apollo 11, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, on board was already 98,000 nautical miles from Earth when this picture was made. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Collins remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit. • #Apollo11 #Earth #1969 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
⚗️🔭🔩 Skylab was the precursor to the International Space Station and was essentially a small floating laboratory. From its launch on May 14, 1973, until the return of its third and final crew on Feb. 8, 1974, the Skylab program proved that humans can live and work in outer space for extended periods of time. Pete Conrad, Paul Weitz and Joe Kerwin spent 28 days in orbit as the first crew of Skylab. The second crew - Alan Bean, Jack Lousma and Owen Garriott - spent 59 days in space. The final Skylab crew spent 84 days in space and consisted of Jerry Carr, Bill Pogue and Edward Gibson. Each Skylab crew set new spaceflight duration records. The record set by the final crew was not broken by an American astronaut until the Shuttle-Mir program more than 20 years later. Skylab served as the greatest solar observatory of its time, a microgravity lab, a medical lab, an Earth-observing facility, and, most importantly, a home away from home for its residents. The program also led to new technologies. Special showers, toilets, sleeping bags, exercise equipment and kitchen facilities were designed to function in microgravity. • Gerald Carr, Edward Gibson leaving the hatchway Skylab 4, February 1974 Credit: Gerald Carr Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA S74-17456 • [NASA description]Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson has just egressed the Skylab EVA hatchway in this frame taken from a roll of movie film exposed by a 16mm Maurer camera. Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Skylab 4 commander, took this picture during the final Skylab extravehicular activity (EVA) which took place on Feb. 3, 1974. Carr was above on the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) when he shot this frame of Gibson. Note Carr's umbilical/tether line extending from inside the space station up toward the camera. Astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot, remained inside the space station during the EVA by Carr and Gibson. • #SkyLab #1974 #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre
✨🌒🎞 A personal favourite: a moody, cinematic shot of James Irwin and the lunar rover from Apollo 15. It reminds me of the excellent movie 'Moon' (2009) directed by Duncan Jones who, appropriately enough, is son of the late, great David 'Starman' Bowie. • James Irwin and the Lunar Rover, Apollo 15, August 1971 Credit: David Scott Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS15-86-11602 • “When I look at the Moon I do not see a hostile, empty world. I see the radiant body where man has taken his first steps into a frontier that will never end.” D. Scott • [NASA description] Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. A portion of the Lunar Module (LM) "Falcon" is on the left. The undeployed Laser Ranging Retro Reflector (LR-3) lies atop the LM's modular equipment stowage assembly (MESA). This view is looking slightly west of south. Hadley Delta and the Apennine Front are in the background to the left. St. George crater is approximately five kilometres (about three statute miles) in the distance behind Irwin's head. This photograph was taken by astronaut David R. Scott, commander. While astronauts Scott and Irwin descended in the LM to explore the moon, astronaut Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit. • #Apollo15 #1971 #Moon #LunarRover #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History
📡🛰🚀 A simple yet sublime image showing the vulnerability of the Lunar Module above the lunar horizon set against the infinite blackness of space. Taking place only a few months after Apollo 11, the mission marked a turning point in public interest which waned steadily following this historic peak. • The Lunar Module heading for the Ocean of Storms landing site Apollo 12, November 1969 (Large Format) Credit: Richard Gordon Large format vintage chromogenic print, 27.8 x 35.5 cm [NASA negative number AS12-51-7507] • [NASA description] The Apollo 12 Lunar Module (LM), in a lunar landing configuration, is photographed in lunar orbit from the Command and Service Modules (CSM). The coordinates of the centre of the lunar surface shown in picture are 4.5 degrees west longitude and 7 degrees south latitude. The largest crater in the foreground is Ptolemaeus; and the second largest is Herschel. Aboard the LM were astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., commander; and Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot. Astronaut Richard R. Gordon Jr., command module pilot, remained with the CSM in lunar orbit while Conrad and Bean descended in the LM to explore the surface of the moon. • #Apollo12 #1969 #Moon #LunarModule #vintageNASAphotographs #vintagespace #spaceexhibition #onlineexhibition #vintage #NASA #galaxy #astronaut #spacetravel #cosmos #USA #science #spaceexploration #space #NASAfan #rocket #NeilArmstrong #KennedySpaceCentre #AnaloguePhotography #History