a15_r_c_o_TPMBK (NAR artist concept, verso hand-annotated 4827, 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. By Henry Lozano Jr.? Manuel E. Alvarez? Bert Winthrop? Donald W. Bester?
I don't think I've ever seen this before. Although the beaded(?) watercolor(?) appearance of the lunar surface looks vaguely familiar.
Always excellent/informative reading:
www.drewexmachina.com/2014/11/23/vintage-micro-the-apollo...
Credit: Andrew LePage/ExMachina website
Ditto:
heroicrelics.org/info/csm/apollo-subsatellite.html
Credit: Mike Jetzer/heroicrelics.org
a15_r_c_o_TPMBK (NAR artist concept, verso hand-annotated 4827, 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. By Henry Lozano Jr.? Manuel E. Alvarez? Bert Winthrop? Donald W. Bester?
I don't think I've ever seen this before. Although the beaded(?) watercolor(?) appearance of the lunar surface looks vaguely familiar.
Always excellent/informative reading:
www.drewexmachina.com/2014/11/23/vintage-micro-the-apollo...
Credit: Andrew LePage/ExMachina website
Ditto:
heroicrelics.org/info/csm/apollo-subsatellite.html
Credit: Mike Jetzer/heroicrelics.org