a_v_bw_o_n (1967-69, unnumbered prob. NAA/NAR photo, verso date stamped 'JUN 30 1969', (2))
“They will rendezvous with the mother ship orbiting the moon about 70 miles up (2).”
Based on the stamped date, issued in conjunction with the flight of Apollo 11. And as part of the press release, labeled as photo no. 2. Image no. 1 of this press release is linked to below.
Contrary to the press slug/caption, I think this depicts LM ascent stage jettison. The ‘cluttered’ appearance of the ascent stage’s drogue assembly would seem to confirm this as well, which is indeed evident in inflight photographs of jettisoned ascent stages. Finally, based on the appearance of the spacecraft, this was possibly the final/near final NAA rendering of the Apollo mission timeline ‘storyboard’.
As with those earlier renderings, I think it’s by Gary Meyer.
a_v_bw_o_n (1967-69, unnumbered prob. NAA/NAR photo, verso date stamped 'JUN 30 1969', (2))
“They will rendezvous with the mother ship orbiting the moon about 70 miles up (2).”
Based on the stamped date, issued in conjunction with the flight of Apollo 11. And as part of the press release, labeled as photo no. 2. Image no. 1 of this press release is linked to below.
Contrary to the press slug/caption, I think this depicts LM ascent stage jettison. The ‘cluttered’ appearance of the ascent stage’s drogue assembly would seem to confirm this as well, which is indeed evident in inflight photographs of jettisoned ascent stages. Finally, based on the appearance of the spacecraft, this was possibly the final/near final NAA rendering of the Apollo mission timeline ‘storyboard’.
As with those earlier renderings, I think it’s by Gary Meyer.