surprog_v_c_o_AKP (ca. 1961/62, poss. Hughes Aircraft Co./NASA photo)
A wonderful, erroneous, splashy, pseudo-psychedelic Surveyor program promotional image, ca. 1961/62. This is really striking…you rarely see period color photographs of anything to do with the Surveyor lander. The effort obviously put forth for this makes me think it’s of Hughes Aircraft Company origin, manufacturer of the spacecraft.
Unfortunately, the photograph of the moon is reversed, which is understood from an astrophotography standpoint. But I’d think you’d want it to be ‘naked eye’ representative for something like this. Therefore, upon further consideration, this is probably a NASA-produced image, with the graphics team (or whatever equivalent) responsible, being totally oblivious to the moon’s appearance.
Being an early optimistic design, the model depicted has multiple instruments on it that never materialized. Most obvious in the photo is the conspicuous yellow tubular neutron activator, and next to it, the lengthy vertical structure/framework of the lunar drill. The partially extended scissor-arm mounted “slowly driven geophysical probe” can be seen above the footpad to the right.
thespacereview.com/article/4304/1
Credit: The Space Review website
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surprog_v_c_o_AKP (ca. 1961/62, poss. Hughes Aircraft Co./NASA photo)
A wonderful, erroneous, splashy, pseudo-psychedelic Surveyor program promotional image, ca. 1961/62. This is really striking…you rarely see period color photographs of anything to do with the Surveyor lander. The effort obviously put forth for this makes me think it’s of Hughes Aircraft Company origin, manufacturer of the spacecraft.
Unfortunately, the photograph of the moon is reversed, which is understood from an astrophotography standpoint. But I’d think you’d want it to be ‘naked eye’ representative for something like this. Therefore, upon further consideration, this is probably a NASA-produced image, with the graphics team (or whatever equivalent) responsible, being totally oblivious to the moon’s appearance.
Being an early optimistic design, the model depicted has multiple instruments on it that never materialized. Most obvious in the photo is the conspicuous yellow tubular neutron activator, and next to it, the lengthy vertical structure/framework of the lunar drill. The partially extended scissor-arm mounted “slowly driven geophysical probe” can be seen above the footpad to the right.
thespacereview.com/article/4304/1
Credit: The Space Review website
www.drewexmachina.com/2016/05/30/surveyor-1-americas-firs...
i0.wp.com/www.drewexmachina.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/0...
Credit: Andrew LePage/Drew Ex Machina website
forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic...
Credit: NASA Spaceflight Forum website