a15_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, NAR photo no. AJL052071 eq)
"APOLLO 15 SUB-SATELLITE LAUNCH
SATELLITE LAUNCH--History's first launch of a sub-satellite by a manned spacecraft, one of highlights of upcoming Apollo 15 lunar mission, is depicted in artist's concept by North American Rockwell's Space Division. Sub-satellite, built by TRW Systems, will remain in lunar orbit for up to one year, gathering information on moon and its environment. It is part of varied scientific payload Apollo 15 will carry to moon. It will be ejected into orbit from Space Division-built command and service modules craft following lunar landing phase of mission."
Above heading & caption are from the NAR caption/description affixed to another copy of this photo.
A stunning, amazingly accurate (other than no docking probe) & highly detailed composition. No signature unfortunately. Possibly Henry Lozano Jr.? Manuel E. Alvarez? Bert Winthrop? Donald Bester?
I don't think I've ever seen this before. Although the beaded(?) watercolor(?) appearance of the lunar surface looks vaguely familiar.
The photo bears staple holes in all four corners, the upper corners having been double stapled. One of the staple prongs in the lower left corner ripped through the photo paper, resulting in a 2-3-mm diameter perforation, confined fortunately, to the white border.
Always excellent/informative reading:
www.drewexmachina.com/2014/11/23/vintage-micro-the-apollo...
Credit: Drew ExMachina website/Andrew LePage
Ditto:
heroicrelics.org/info/csm/apollo-subsatellite.html
Credit: Mike Jetzer/heroicrelics.org
a15_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, NAR photo no. AJL052071 eq)
"APOLLO 15 SUB-SATELLITE LAUNCH
SATELLITE LAUNCH--History's first launch of a sub-satellite by a manned spacecraft, one of highlights of upcoming Apollo 15 lunar mission, is depicted in artist's concept by North American Rockwell's Space Division. Sub-satellite, built by TRW Systems, will remain in lunar orbit for up to one year, gathering information on moon and its environment. It is part of varied scientific payload Apollo 15 will carry to moon. It will be ejected into orbit from Space Division-built command and service modules craft following lunar landing phase of mission."
Above heading & caption are from the NAR caption/description affixed to another copy of this photo.
A stunning, amazingly accurate (other than no docking probe) & highly detailed composition. No signature unfortunately. Possibly Henry Lozano Jr.? Manuel E. Alvarez? Bert Winthrop? Donald Bester?
I don't think I've ever seen this before. Although the beaded(?) watercolor(?) appearance of the lunar surface looks vaguely familiar.
The photo bears staple holes in all four corners, the upper corners having been double stapled. One of the staple prongs in the lower left corner ripped through the photo paper, resulting in a 2-3-mm diameter perforation, confined fortunately, to the white border.
Always excellent/informative reading:
www.drewexmachina.com/2014/11/23/vintage-micro-the-apollo...
Credit: Drew ExMachina website/Andrew LePage
Ditto:
heroicrelics.org/info/csm/apollo-subsatellite.html
Credit: Mike Jetzer/heroicrelics.org