AS-202_v_bw_o_n (prob. 1966 original NAA news photo, no. A-71)
“APOLLO REENTRY TEST--Illustration shows how unmanned Apollo spacecraft command module enters atmosphere (left) at 19,451 miles an hour travelling west to east about 79 miles above Australia (map inverted) in return from earth orbit. First, reaction control rockets fire to jettison service module (right); command module, now in free flight, is pitched over and roll engines position command module for entry. Heat shield ablates (boils away) keeping interior cool. Touchdown is near Wake Island. Test, scheduled not before August 25, will be second in Apollo program to land U.S. Astronauts on the moon. Apollo spacecraft command and service modules are produced by North American Aviation’s Space Division for NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center.”
This might be one of the most meticulous depictions of a major land mass, Australia in this case, along with Papua New Guinea. With no clouds, interesting. No idea by whom.
The alphanumeric designation on the verso was likely the identification used in pre-mission NAA document(s), such as a press kit.
AS-202_v_bw_o_n (prob. 1966 original NAA news photo, no. A-71)
“APOLLO REENTRY TEST--Illustration shows how unmanned Apollo spacecraft command module enters atmosphere (left) at 19,451 miles an hour travelling west to east about 79 miles above Australia (map inverted) in return from earth orbit. First, reaction control rockets fire to jettison service module (right); command module, now in free flight, is pitched over and roll engines position command module for entry. Heat shield ablates (boils away) keeping interior cool. Touchdown is near Wake Island. Test, scheduled not before August 25, will be second in Apollo program to land U.S. Astronauts on the moon. Apollo spacecraft command and service modules are produced by North American Aviation’s Space Division for NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center.”
This might be one of the most meticulous depictions of a major land mass, Australia in this case, along with Papua New Guinea. With no clouds, interesting. No idea by whom.
The alphanumeric designation on the verso was likely the identification used in pre-mission NAA document(s), such as a press kit.