16 07, 2019

Countdown to Apollo 11 50th – 4

Jeremy Theoret2025-01-27T05:28:05+00:00Categories: Apollo, Apollo 11, Image Collections|Tags: Apollo 11, Collins, craters, Lunar Limb, Moon, Solar Corona|0 Comments

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For the 10 days leading to the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first steps on another world, Apollospace will feature a different Apollo 11 photo magazine and highlight the most significant, iconic, and enduring images from the Apollo 11 mission and in the history of photography. Apollo 11 Magazine 42/U contains 189 black & white images: NASA #s AS11-42-6160 to AS11-42-6348. This Magazine consists of photographs of the Moon from the Command Module from a lunar equatorial orbit, as well as several photographs of the solar corona.

These are the best of the corona shots.

This Magazine has some great photographs of the moon from interesting perspectives along with some very nice individual craters, features, and limb photos.

Countdown to Apollo 11 50th – 5

Jeremy Theoret2025-01-27T05:28:29+00:00Categories: Apollo, Apollo 11, Image Collections|Tags: Apollo 11, Collins, Earthrise, Lunar Limb, Moon|0 Comments

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For the 10 days leading to the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first steps on another world, Apollospace will feature a different Apollo 11 photo magazine and highlight the most significant, iconic, and enduring images from the Apollo 11 mission and in the history of photography. Apollo 11 Magazine 41/P contains 189 black & white images: NASA #s AS11-41-5971 to AS11-41-6159. This Magazine consists of photographs of the Moon from the Command Module from a 60 nautical mile orbit. The first series of approximately 80 or so images are of the lunar limb as the Command Modules orbits the Moon and which includes an Earthrise series.

Click here for a short GIF of the series.

There are a number of very detailed images of the surface craters and limbs in this magazine.

Countdown to Apollo 11 50th – 8

Jeremy Theoret2025-01-27T05:29:47+00:00Categories: Apollo, Apollo 11, Image Collections|Tags: 50th Anniversary, Apollo 11, Moon|0 Comments

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For the 10 days leading to the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first steps on another world, Apollospace will feature a different Apollo 11 photo magazine and highlight the most significant, iconic, and enduring images from the Apollo 11 mission and in the history of photography. Apollo 11 Magazine 38/O contains 181 black & white images: NASA #s AS11-38-5556 to AS11-38-5736. This Magazine consists of images of the lunar far side and several series of images of the Moon and Earth after trans-earth insertion.

The images on this magazine were taken following Neil and Buzz’s first steps on the moon. The first series of images are of various craters and the limb of the lunar far side.