a_v_bw_o_n (1966, original NAA news photo, no. P-25, 66-H-1014 eq)
"MEN ON THE MOON -- When America's first two-man team lands on the moon, one of their first tasks will be to obtain a sample of lunar materials as quickly as possible in event they have to make an emergency takeoff. If things go well, they will spend 25 hours on the surface, gathering up to 80 pounds of rocks, dust and other material to be put into vacuum-sealed containers. The artist's concept shows one astronaut gathering samples from a crater while his companion watches from the Lunar Module. Later, the two will roam up to 300 feet from the craft, working on a "buddy" system, to plant several measuring devices on the surface which will radio information to Earth."
Preceding description taken from an Associated Press caption of the same photo, which was apparently also used in a March 17, 1968 APN article, "The Moon: What We've Learned", written by Howard Benedict.
By 1966, I would’ve expected hand tools to have been depicted. Artistic license? Or, since it's the contingency sample that “Neil" is grabbing, the KISS principle may have been applied.
Gotta love those neat - literally - craters.
The verso bears the same numbering format, “P-XX”, of the illustrations in this latter North American Rockwell news/press publication:
cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/413105/Apollo%20Press%20Kits/North...
The parent site to the above is impressive:
www.apollopresskits.com/apollo-presskit-directory
Credit: David Meerman Scott
As an aside, I do believe Mr. Scott used this photo (far left panel) of mine in his splash page:
www.flickr.com/photos/146423059@N02/46528010321/in/album-...
a_v_bw_o_n (1966, original NAA news photo, no. P-25, 66-H-1014 eq)
"MEN ON THE MOON -- When America's first two-man team lands on the moon, one of their first tasks will be to obtain a sample of lunar materials as quickly as possible in event they have to make an emergency takeoff. If things go well, they will spend 25 hours on the surface, gathering up to 80 pounds of rocks, dust and other material to be put into vacuum-sealed containers. The artist's concept shows one astronaut gathering samples from a crater while his companion watches from the Lunar Module. Later, the two will roam up to 300 feet from the craft, working on a "buddy" system, to plant several measuring devices on the surface which will radio information to Earth."
Preceding description taken from an Associated Press caption of the same photo, which was apparently also used in a March 17, 1968 APN article, "The Moon: What We've Learned", written by Howard Benedict.
By 1966, I would’ve expected hand tools to have been depicted. Artistic license? Or, since it's the contingency sample that “Neil" is grabbing, the KISS principle may have been applied.
Gotta love those neat - literally - craters.
The verso bears the same numbering format, “P-XX”, of the illustrations in this latter North American Rockwell news/press publication:
cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/413105/Apollo%20Press%20Kits/North...
The parent site to the above is impressive:
www.apollopresskits.com/apollo-presskit-directory
Credit: David Meerman Scott
As an aside, I do believe Mr. Scott used this photo (far left panel) of mine in his splash page:
www.flickr.com/photos/146423059@N02/46528010321/in/album-...