a_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, 1969, poss. Eastman Kodak Co. promo photo)
“A MOON’S EYE VIEW OF THE APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE CLOSE-UP CAMERA
The Camera Takes a Scientific Photo of Moon Dirt In Stereo and Color”
A clever photograph, not only with regard to the perspective - through a transparent surface, but also of “illuminating” the fact that a repeat flash capability was necessary to take each photograph. A fact likely lost on the casual observer of the ALSCC…not that such exists. Fittingly, Bruce L. Elle, Eastman Kodak Co.’s program manager for design and production of the ALSCC demonstrates.
This photograph probably laid the foundation for this.
Friggin’ AWESOME. My WOC class ‘sang’ - at the top of our lungs - this as we marched into the DFAC shortly before graduation.
One of my all-time favorite bands – Angus ROCKS.
TURN. IT. UP:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AC41dglnM
Credit: AC/DC/YouTube
“A longtime member of the Kodak Apparatus Division, Research and Engineering team, Bruce Elle worked on several of the company’s most important contracts, including the production of photographic equipment for a secret Cold War spying operation, early photography of the moon for NASA’s Lunar Orbiter program, and close-up 3D photography of the lunar surface for the Apollo missions.
A graduate of Oregon State University, Elle served as the company program manager at Kodak responsible for the design of the Apollo Lunar Surface Close-up Camera (ALSCC), which was used to take stereoscopic close-ups of lunar soil during the moon landing missions. After Apollo 11’s lift-off, he flew to Houston to be on hand to provide expert advice and troubleshooting for the ALSCC. According to the Kodakery newsletter of July 24, 1969, he had marked the side of the mission’s camera—to be operated by first moonwalker Neil Armstrong and left behind on the moon to conserve weight—in red lettering: ‘If found return to Bruce Elle, U.S.A., Earth.’ Noticing the text, Neil was quick to ask: ‘Who’s going to pay the postage?’
The above per the RR Auction promotional write-up for items belonging to the estate of Mr. Elle. Of those, the April 16, 2020 “Space Exploration & Aviation” auction featured a training model of the ALSCC! Along with a bunch of other really really cool stuff owned by Mr. Elle:
issuu.com/rrauction/docs/rr_auction_space_exploration_apo...
Credit: issuu website
Possibly the issue of ‘Kodakery” referenced, with the photograph on the cover. What a wonderfully terrible & corny title for their publication:
kosmofoto.com/2019/07/the-21-year-old-who-helped-build-a-...
Credit: Stephen Dowling/”KOSMO FOTO” website
www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/columnists/...
Credit: David Andreatta/"Democrat and Chronicle" website
www.airspacemag.com/space/shooting-the-moon-27389927/
Credit: Air & Space Magazine online website
Last, but NOT least. ALSCC = the "Gold Camera". Thomas Gold:
news.cornell.edu/stories/2004/06/thomas-gold-cornell-astr...
Credit: Cornell Chronicle website
a_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, 1969, poss. Eastman Kodak Co. promo photo)
“A MOON’S EYE VIEW OF THE APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE CLOSE-UP CAMERA
The Camera Takes a Scientific Photo of Moon Dirt In Stereo and Color”
A clever photograph, not only with regard to the perspective - through a transparent surface, but also of “illuminating” the fact that a repeat flash capability was necessary to take each photograph. A fact likely lost on the casual observer of the ALSCC…not that such exists. Fittingly, Bruce L. Elle, Eastman Kodak Co.’s program manager for design and production of the ALSCC demonstrates.
This photograph probably laid the foundation for this.
Friggin’ AWESOME. My WOC class ‘sang’ - at the top of our lungs - this as we marched into the DFAC shortly before graduation.
One of my all-time favorite bands – Angus ROCKS.
TURN. IT. UP:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2AC41dglnM
Credit: AC/DC/YouTube
“A longtime member of the Kodak Apparatus Division, Research and Engineering team, Bruce Elle worked on several of the company’s most important contracts, including the production of photographic equipment for a secret Cold War spying operation, early photography of the moon for NASA’s Lunar Orbiter program, and close-up 3D photography of the lunar surface for the Apollo missions.
A graduate of Oregon State University, Elle served as the company program manager at Kodak responsible for the design of the Apollo Lunar Surface Close-up Camera (ALSCC), which was used to take stereoscopic close-ups of lunar soil during the moon landing missions. After Apollo 11’s lift-off, he flew to Houston to be on hand to provide expert advice and troubleshooting for the ALSCC. According to the Kodakery newsletter of July 24, 1969, he had marked the side of the mission’s camera—to be operated by first moonwalker Neil Armstrong and left behind on the moon to conserve weight—in red lettering: ‘If found return to Bruce Elle, U.S.A., Earth.’ Noticing the text, Neil was quick to ask: ‘Who’s going to pay the postage?’
The above per the RR Auction promotional write-up for items belonging to the estate of Mr. Elle. Of those, the April 16, 2020 “Space Exploration & Aviation” auction featured a training model of the ALSCC! Along with a bunch of other really really cool stuff owned by Mr. Elle:
issuu.com/rrauction/docs/rr_auction_space_exploration_apo...
Credit: issuu website
Possibly the issue of ‘Kodakery” referenced, with the photograph on the cover. What a wonderfully terrible & corny title for their publication:
kosmofoto.com/2019/07/the-21-year-old-who-helped-build-a-...
Credit: Stephen Dowling/”KOSMO FOTO” website
www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/local/columnists/...
Credit: David Andreatta/"Democrat and Chronicle" website
www.airspacemag.com/space/shooting-the-moon-27389927/
Credit: Air & Space Magazine online website
Last, but NOT least. ALSCC = the "Gold Camera". Thomas Gold:
news.cornell.edu/stories/2004/06/thomas-gold-cornell-astr...
Credit: Cornell Chronicle website