Harrison Schmitt KC-135 Training Photos |
Apollo 16 recovery operation Photo Set |
Apollo 17 Lunar Liftoff Sequence |
PLUM CRATER SET |
APOLLO 16 LRV COLOR SET |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-113-18339 Description: (21 April 1972) --- Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes the United States flag at the Descartes landing site during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1). Astronaut Charles M. Duke, Jr., lunar module pilot, took this picture. The Lunar Module (LM) "Orion" is on the left. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is parked beside the LM. The object behind Young (in the shade of the LM) is the Far Ultraviolet Camera/Spectrograph. Stone Mountain dominates the background in this lunar scene. Photo: 8X10 in excellent condition. "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS17-147-22476 Description: Apollo 17 photo was taken from the LM window prior to the first EVA. Below the horizon, continuing clockwise, RCS thruster. Photo: The 8x10 is in excellent condition. A fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-114-18423 Description: 21 April 1972- Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, is photographed collecting lunar samples at Station No. 1, during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1), at the Descartes landing site. This picture, looking eastward, was taken by astronaut John W. Young, commander. Duke is standing at the rim of Plum crater. The parked Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) can be seen in the left background. While astronaut's Young and Duke descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Orion" to explore the Descartes highlands region of the Moon, astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Casper" in lunar orbit. Photo: 8X10 in excellent condition. One of my favorites. "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS17-152-23399 Description: Apollo 17 SIM Bay EVA. Taken during Ron Evans EVA as he worked at the SIM Bay. Ron's EVA was done during the transearth coast. 17 December 1972. Photo: 8 X 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS17-146-22347 Description: Jack Schmitt standing next to the Lunar Rover Vehicle (LRV). East Massif. Taken during EVA-3. Photo: Photo is 8X10 in excellent condition. A fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-116-18649 Description: Apollo 14 astronaut Charlie Duke collecting a lunar sample. Astronaut Charles Duke examines surface of boulder at North Ray crater. 8 X 10 in excellent condition. Actual photo much better showing greater detail. Photo: Repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 108-KSC-72P-209 Description: Detailed blue NASA description on back with "meatball" logo . Released June 8, 1972. Apollo 17 commander Eugene Cernan is suited for extravehicular activity (EVA) training at the Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the sixth U.S. Manned lunar landing mission. Photo: 8X10 photo is in nearly mint condition. Fiber based paper with no watermarks. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo ID: AS16-113-18294 Description: Apollo 16 Pre-landing photo of the CSM (Casper) from the LM and, in the background on the lunar surface, hilly terrain near the northwest rim of Valier (174.5 E / 6.8 N). Photo: No description on back. Fiber based paper with "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-113-18332 Description: This picture shows how some of the panels on the rear surface of the deflector on the northeast corner of the spacecraft. 8X10 in excellent condition and more detailed than the image shows. Photo: Repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse with no description. |
Launched 16 April 1972 Landed on Moon 20 April 1972 Descartes Returned to Earth 27 April 1972 John W. Young, commander Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot Charles M. Duke, Jr., lunar module pilot |
Launched 07 December 1972 Landed on Moon 11 December 1972 Taurus-Littrow Returned to Earth 19 December 1972 Eugene A. Cernan, commander Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot |
AS-17, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 72-HC-891 Description: Apollo 17 Mission Commander Eugene Cernan says goodbye to closeout team member in white room prior to entering spacecraft. Photo: Photo is in near mint condition with blue NASA detailed description on reverse and repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks. |
AS-16, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: AS16-106-17340 Description: John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples near North Ray crater during the third Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. Young is using the lunar surface rake and a set of tongs. The Lunar Roving Vehicle is parked in the field of large boulders in the background. Photo: Photo in excellent condition on a nice fiber based paper. |
AS-16, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: AS16-109-17804 Description: John W. Young stands on the rim of Plum crater while collecting lunar rock samples at Station No.1 during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. This scene, looking eastward, was photographed by Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot. The small boulder in the centrer foreground was chip sampled by the crewmen. Plum crater is 40 meters in diameter and 10 meters deep. The Lunar Roving Vehicle is parked on the far rim of local vertical sun angle, scale, and lunar colour, is deployed in the centre of the picture. Young holds a geological hammer in his right hand. Photo: Excellent condition on a nice fiber based paper. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-114-18388 Description: Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, stands at the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package (ALSEP) deployment site during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the lunar surface drill is just behind and to the right of Young. The drill's rack and bore stems are to the left. The three sensor Lunar Surface Magnetometer is beyond the rack. The dark object in the right background is the Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG). Between the RTG and the drill is the Heat Flow Experiment. A part of the Central Station is at the right center edge of the picture. Photo: 8x10 in excellent condition with "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-107-17446 Description: Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, stands near the Lunar Roving Vehicle at Station no. 4, near Stone Mountain, during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. Light rays from South Ray crater can be seen at upper left. The gnomon, which is used as a photographic reference to establish local vertical Sun angle, scale, and lunar colour, is deployed in the centre foreground. Note angularity of the rocks in the area. Photo: In excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-107-17473 Description: Charlie Duke and the Lunar Roving Vehicle appears to be in a deep lunar depression on the slope of Stone Mountain in this photograph of the lunar scene at Station no. 4, taken during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity at the Descartes landing site. A sample collection bag is in the right foreground. Photo: The photo is in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: S-72-37002 / 72-H-608 Description: The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) gets a speed workout by Astronaut John W. Young in the "Grand Prix" run during the third Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Descartes landing site. This view is a frame from motion picture film exposed by a 16mm Maurer camera held by Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr. Photo (Right): Vintage color photo in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Photo ( Left): Vintage 8 x 10 in excellent condition with repeating "This Paper Manufactured By Kodak" watermarks on reverse along with detailed blue NASA text. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: S-72-50438 Description: Apollo 17 Prime Crew. NASA's Official Portrait of Apollo 17 of astronauts Harrison H Schmitt, Ronald E Evans and Eugene A Cernan. Photo: The photo is in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: S-72-55070 Description: A excellent view of the night time launch of the Apollo 17 Spacecraft 114 Lunar Module 12 Saturn 512. The only night launch of the Saturn V stack in the Apollo program. Photo: The photo is in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color- NASA Photo Red ID: S-72-37001 Description: Thomas (Ken) Mattingly, command module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, performs extravehicular activity during the Apollo 16 transearth coast. Ken is assisted by Astronaut Charlie Duke during the EVA. Mattingly inspected the SIM bay of the Service Module, and retrieved film from the Mapping and Panoramic cameras. Note that Ken is wearing the helmet of Astronaut John W. Young with the commanders red stripe. This view is a frame from motion picture film exposed by the 16mm Maurer camera. Photo: The photo is in excellent condition with "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS17-151-23123 Description: Photo taken from the CSM during lunar orbit prior to the undocking of the LM. Magazine 151/OO (Color) CSM Lunar orbit. LM undocking for descent. Photo: The photo is in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-118-18883 Description: A couple of hours after Trans Lunar Insertion (TLI) the Apollo Command Service Module (CSM) separated from the third stage, turned 180 degrees, and docked with the Lunar Module (LM) which rode below the CSM during launch. The CSM and LM then separated from the third stage (S-IVB). This photo shows the S-IVB stage after separation of the LM. This stage was used twice during the mission: first in a 2.5 min burn for the orbit insertion after second stage cutoff, and later for the trans lunar injection (TLI) burn, lasting about 6 mins. Photo: The 8x10 is in excellent condition with repeating " A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-117-18848 Description: Lunar Experiment, Solar Wind Collector (SWC). Photo: The 8x10 is in excellent condition with repeating " A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-119-19158 Description: Photo: 8x10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS17-134-20473 Description: The Earth appears in the far distant background above the hi-gain antenna of the lunar roving vehicle in this photograph taken by Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander, stands beside the LRV. Schmitt is the mission's lunar module pilot. Photo: The photo is in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS17-152-23402 Description: Ron Evans works at the SIM Bay, having retrieved the large film canister tethered at his waist. Ron's EVA was done during the transearth coast. 17 December 1972. You can see the crescent earth in the background. Photo: 8x10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. The photo and the red serial number on the front are reverse for some reason. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-115-18549 Description: The Apollo 16 Lunar Module "Orion" is photographed from a distance by Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, aboard the moving Lunar Roving Vehicle. Astronauts Duke and John W. Young, commander, were returning from the excursion to Stone Mountain during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-2). The RCA color television camera mounted on the LRV is in the foreground. A portion of the LRV's high-gain antenna is at top left. Smoky Mountain rises behind the LM in this north-looking view at the Descartes landing site. Photo: Photo is in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage B/W Glossy, NASA Photo ID: 72-H-1412 Description: Apollo 17, Lunar Module Pilot, Cr. Harrison Schmitt deploys a geophone of the Lunar Seismic Profiling Experiment into the sun surface during a training session. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with purple NASA detailed description on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: AS17-137-20990 Description: A view of the area at Station 4 (Shorty Crater) showing the now highly-publicized orange soil which the Apollo 17 crewmen found on the Moon during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. The tripod-like object is the gnomon and photometric chart assembly which is used as a photographic reference to establish local vertical Sun angle, scale and lunar colour. The Gnomon is one of the Apollo lunar geology hand tools. Photo: 8 X 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo ID: 107-KSC-72PC-184 Description: The Apollo 16 Saturn V space vehicle carrying astronauts John Young, Thomas Mattingly and Charles Duke, lifted of to the Moon at 12:54 p.m. EST April 16, 1972, from the Kennedy Space Center's Launch Complex 39A. Photo: 8 X 10 in good condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse with purple NASA detailed description. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS17-137-20979 Description: A close-up view of the lunar roving vehicle (LRV) at the Apollo 17 Taurus-Littrow landing site extravehicular activity (EVA). Note the makeshift repair arrangement on the right rear fender of the LRV. During EVA-1 a hammer got underneath the fender and a part of it was knocked off. Following a suggestion from Astronaut John W. Young in Mission Control Center at Houston, the crewmen repaired the fender early in EVA-2 using lunar maps and clamps from the optical Photo: 8 X 10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: S16-115-18559 Description: Charlie duke was at the LM at the end of EVA-2 when he took this picture of John Young on the Rover as he prepared to drive back from the ALSEP site. Photo: 8x 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo ID: 108-KSC-72PC-645 & 72HC-905 Description: Apollo 17 Pacific Recovery Area - Main elements of Apollo 17 recovery Operations highlight this view shortly after splashdown at 2:25 PM EST today. They are: the Apollo 17 spacecraft, prime recovery helicopter and prime recovery vessel, the USS Ticonderoga. It took about an hour from time astronauts Eugene A Cernan, Ronald E. Evans and Harrison H. Schmitt were transferred from Spacecraft splashdown point to the recovery vessel. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with purple NASA detailed text on reverse with repeating " THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK" watermarks. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-107-17420 Description: Charlie begins a pan taken north of the LM with this frame showing part of the U.S. flag on the left and the Solar Wind Collector (SWC) at center. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS17-134-20426 Description: Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt collects lunar rake samples at Station 1 during the first Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This picture was taken by Astronaut Eugene Cernan, Apollo 17 commander. Schmitt is the lunar module pilot. The lunar rake, An Apollo lunar geology hand tool, is used to collect discrete samples of rocks and rock chips ranging in size from one-half inch (1.3 cm) to one inch (2.5 cm). Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-72-39929 Description: Apollo 17 Geology Training - Apollo 17 prime crewmen study small rock samples collected during a geological field trip to Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Astronauts Eugene Cernan, right, commander, and Harrison Schmitt, are scheduled as the moon-exploring crewmen of the sixth and last Apollo lunar landing mission. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent to mint condition on fiber based paper with purple NASA detailed description on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: AS16-112-18234 Description: A view of the rim of South Ray crater photographed with a 500mm lens from Station no.4 -- the highest point on the traverse up Stone Mountain -- during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Descartes landing site. South Ray crater was a "fresh" source of angular ejecta in the Lunar Module-Apollo Lunar Surface Experiments Package area and for samples at Station No.8. Photo: 8 x 10 in almost mint condition on a fiber based paper. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: S-72-55423 & S-72-55421 Photo (Left): 8 x 10 in good condition on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on the reverse. Photo (Right): 8 x 10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Description: The Apollo 17 lunar module (LM) "Challenger" ascent stage makes its liftoff from the lunar surface, as seen in this reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by the color RCA TV camera mounted on the lunar roving vehicle. The LM liftoff was at 188:01:36 ground elapsed time, 4:54:36 p.m., Thursday, December 14, 1972. The LM descent stage is used as a launching platform and remains behind on the Moon. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo ID: AS17-146-22294 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Description: Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split boulder at Station 6 (base of North Massif) during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site on the Moon. Notice the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) in the left foreground. Schmitt is the Apollo 17 lunar module pilot. This picture was taken by Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-107-17437 Photo: 8 x 10 vintage photo in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Wrong Red # on front. Description: A view of the Lunar Module (LM) "Orion" and Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), as photographed by Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Descartes landing site. Astronaut John W. Young, commander, can be seen directly behind the LRV. The lunar surface feature in the left background is Stone Mountain. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: S-72-35351 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse along with purple NASA detailed text. Description: An overall view of activity in the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center on the first day of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission. This picture was taken during television coverage transmitted from the Apollo 16 spacecraft on its way to the Moon. The TV monitor in the background shows how the Apollo 16 astronauts viewed the Earth from 7,500 nautical miles away. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS17-134-20454 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent, near mint, condition photo on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Description: Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed seated in the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) at Station 9 (Van Serg Crater) during the third Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA-3) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site. This photograph was taken by Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, crew commander. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS17-145-22254 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent, near mint, condition photo on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Description: A view of the Apollo 17 command and service modules photographed from the lunar module (LM) Challenger during rendezvous and docking maneuvers in lunar orbit. The LM ascent stage, with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard, had just returned from the Taurus-Littrow landing site on the lunar surface. Note the exposed Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) bay in sector 1 of the service module. Three experiments are carried in the bay: S-209 lunar sounder, S-171 infrared scanning spectrometer, and the S-169 far-ultraviolet spectrometer. Also mounted in the SIM bay are the panoramic camera, mapping camera and laser altimeter used in service module photographic tasks. A portion of the LM is on the right. |
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AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo ID: AS17-140-21388 Photo: A near mint condition 8 x 10 vintage photo on a fiber based paper with purple NASA detailed text on reverse along with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks. Signed by Astronaut Cernan, and he added "Apollo XVII". Description: Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 mission commander, walks toward the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Taurus-Littrow landing site of the final Apollo lunar landing mission. The photograph was taken by astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-118-19010 Description: Feature(s): Lunar surface North of Colombo. Taken in Lunar orbit with a 70mm Hasselblad camera. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-120-19301 Description: 21 April 1972 - A fine view of the lunar surface as taken from the Apollo 16 CM while in lunar orbit with a 70mm Hasselblad camera. This photo was taken when the spacecraft was about 76 miles above the lunar surface. Craters Gassendi, Gassendi A and Gassendi B are featured at 16 deg South latitude and 40.5 deg West longitude. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: S-72-35614 Description: The flame from the Apollo 16 Lunar Module "Orion" ascent stage engine creates a kaleidoscope effect during lunar liftoff, as seen in this reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by the RCA color TV camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) (35163); Apollo 16 LM "Orion" ascent stage makes its liftoff from the lunar surface at 175:44 ground elapsed time, 7:26 p.m., April 23, 1972 (35164). Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse along with blue NASA descriptive text. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-116-18607 Description: Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., Apollo 16 lunar module pilot, works at front of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) parked in this rock field at a North Ray crater geological site during the Mission's third extravehicular activity (EVA-3) on April 23, 1972. Astronaut John W. Young, commander, took this picture with a 70mm Hasselblad camera. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo ID: 72-H-412 Description: The huge, 363-feet tall Apollo 16 (Spacecraft 113/Lunar Module 11/Saturn 511) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), Florida, at 12:54:00.569 p.m., April 16, 1972. The launch is framed on the left by a large piece of dead wood in a body of water near the launch pad. Photo: 8X10 in excellent condition with blue NASA detailed description on reverse with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks. |
AS-17, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 72-H-1220 Description: 28 August 1972 --- The Apollo 17 crew share a light moment before they board the crawler-transporter to ride with their Saturn V space vehicle to it final launch position 3.5 miles down the crawler-way track. Photo: The photo is in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue NASA detailed text on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: AS16-108-17622 Description: 22 April 1972 --- Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, reaches for tools in the Apollo lunar hand tool carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-2) at the Descartes landing site. This photograph was taken by Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot. This view is looking south from the base of Stone Mountain. Photo: The photo is in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue NASA detailed text on reverse. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo ID: AS16-114-18455 Description: This frame from John's Station 10/ALSEP pan shows the LM beyond the Rover taken with a 70mm Hasselblad camera. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse along with blue NASA detailed text. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-107-17436 Photo (Left): 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Description: 21 April 1972 -- A view of the Lunar Module "Orion" and Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV), as photographed by Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, during the first Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-1) at the Descartes landing site. Astronaut John W. Young can be seen directly behind the LRV. The lunar surface feature in the left background is Stone Mountain. Photo was taken at 143:13:18 into the mission. This frame is part of a pan that Charlie took at the start of EVA-2. It shows the LM, MESA, Rover. John is beyond the Rover collecting a rock sample. On the left side of the image, as shown in a detail, we see the empty Quad III Payload Pallet compartment where the UV camera was stowed. The thermal blanket that covered the compartment hangs down from the bottom. As indicated on page 194 of the Final Lunar Surface Procedures document, the LRV Aft Pallet was stowed to the left of the Payload Pallet. |
AS-16, Vintage Color- NASA Photo Red ID: S-72-35612 Descartes landing site, as seen in the reproduction taken from a color television transmission made by the color TV camera mounted on the Lunar Roving Vehicle. Note the U.S. flag deployed on the left. This picture was made during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA-2). Photo: 8 X 10 photo in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse and blue NASA detailed text. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS17-137-20977 Description: Showing the LVR on the lunar surface. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage Color - NASA Photo ID: 108-KSC-72PC-650 Description: 19 December 1972 -- The three Apollo 17 crew members arrive aboard the prime recovery ship, the U.S.S. Ticonderoga, to successfully conclude the final lunar landing mission in NASA's Apollo program. They are astronauts Eugene A. Cernan (waving), Harrison H. Schmitt (on Cernan's left), and Ronald E. Evans (standing in back). VIP's, dignitaries, officials and Navy personnel gave the three crew men a red-carpet welcome. Apollo 17 splashed down at 1:24:59 p.m. (CST), December 19, 1972, about 350 nautical miles southeast of Samoa. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition with purple NASA detailed text on reverse with repeating " THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK" watermarks. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: S-71-51261 Description: October 1971. Portrait of Astronaut John W. Young Photo: 8 X 10 in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse with blue NASA description. |
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The following photographs were scanned from my personal collection of vintage manned space exploration photographs. These photos were taken during the period of the "Golden Age" of manned space exploration covering the Mercury, Gemini & Apollo programs. These are NOT modern reproductions, copies or reprints. |
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AS-16, Vintage Color- NASA Photo Red ID: 72-HC-324 & 72-HC-325 Description: 27 April 1972 -- Oh the right, The Apollo 16 Command Module is photographed in the waters of the central Pacific Ocean during recovery operations. Navy divers are seen just starting to open the spacecraft's hatch moments after Splashdown. The prime recovery ship, U.S.S. Ticonderoga, is in the background and a recovery helicopter hovers overhead. The splashdown occurred at 2:45:06 p.m., Thursday, April 27, 1972, at coordinates of 00:45.2 degrees south latitude and 156:11.4 degrees west longitude, a point approximately 215 miles southeast of Christmas Island. Photo (Both) : 8 x 10's in excellent condition with "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse along with blue NASA detail text. |
AS-16, Vintage B&W photo - NASA Photo ID: 72-H-347 Description: Reverse reads: Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II (right foreground), command module pilot of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, participates in extravihicular activity training in Building 5 at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Mattingly is scheduled to perform EVA during the Apollo 16 journey home from the Moon. Astronaut John W. Young, commander, can be seen in the left background. In the right background is the astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot. They are inside the Apollo Command Module Mission Simulator. While Mattingly remains in the Apollo 16 Command and Service Modules in lunar orbit, Young and Duke will descend in the Lunar Module to the Moon's Descartes landing site. Photo: 8 X 10 in excellent condition with repeating with blue NASA description on reverse.. |
AS-16, Vintage Color - NASA Photo Red ID: AS16-113-18342 Description: Charlie Duke's formal salute early in EVA-1. Stone Mountain is in the background. Photo: 8x10 in excellent condition with "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
AS-17, Vintage Color, NASA Photo ID: S-72-50268 & S-72-50269 Description: Scientist-Astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot of the Apollo 17 lunar landing mission, simulates preparing to deploy the Surface Electrical Properties Experiment during lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) simulation training under one-sixth gravity conditions aboard a U.S. Air Force KC-135 aircraft. Photo: both photos 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. |
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