a11_v_c_o_AKP (S-69-38660, 69-HC-717 eq, 107-KSC-69PC-352 eq)
"Aerial view at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the 363 ft. tall Apollo 11 (Spacecraft 107/Lunar Module 5/Saturn 506) space vehicle on pad. This photograph was taken during Apollo 11 Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT) activity. The Apollo 11 is scheduled as the first lunar landing mission. The crew will be Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.”
Disappointingly - although not surprisingly - the image associated with the photo identification number is wrong, and has been propagated across the web...literally.
I know, I do get it...in the big picture, this is trivial & no one gives or is going to give a rat's ass. I just happen to have the time and idle dedication/obsession to notice.
Back to what's truly important here - space flight history & the conscientious documentation and preservation of it be damned - this is a word-class ‘exemplar' of this photograph. 😉
a11_v_c_o_AKP (S-69-38660, 69-HC-717 eq, 107-KSC-69PC-352 eq)
"Aerial view at Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, showing the 363 ft. tall Apollo 11 (Spacecraft 107/Lunar Module 5/Saturn 506) space vehicle on pad. This photograph was taken during Apollo 11 Countdown Demonstration Test (CDDT) activity. The Apollo 11 is scheduled as the first lunar landing mission. The crew will be Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot.”
Disappointingly - although not surprisingly - the image associated with the photo identification number is wrong, and has been propagated across the web...literally.
I know, I do get it...in the big picture, this is trivial & no one gives or is going to give a rat's ass. I just happen to have the time and idle dedication/obsession to notice.
Back to what's truly important here - space flight history & the conscientious documentation and preservation of it be damned - this is a word-class ‘exemplar' of this photograph. 😉