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Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana provides remarks during a wreath-laying ceremony in Florida, honoring the memory of former Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins on April 30, 2021. Therrin Protze, chief operating officer of Delaware North at Kennedy’s visitor complex, also spoke during the ceremony, held just outside of the Heroes and Legends exhibit at the visitor complex. Collins served as pilot on the three-day Gemini X mission in 1966, and he was the command module pilot for the historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969, where he remained in lunar orbit while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first people to walk on the Moon. Collins passed away on April 28, 2021, at the age of 90. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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Forty-five years ago today, the 363 foot tall Saturn V rocket launched the Apollo 11 mission from Kennedy Space Center. Astronauts on board were Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrine. Apollo 11 was the first lunar landing for the United States.
July 16, 1969 - Apollo 11
Jul 20th 1969, 45 yrs ago #Apollo11 lands on the lunar surface. To this day, mankinds greatest achievement!
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The three photographs here were all captured over the past week using our Canon 600D attached to our Maksutov 127mm telescope
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"Armstrong is to scoop up sample of moon soil with a tool resembling a butterfly net. Sample is to be stowed in space suit pocket should he have to leave hurriedly."
Note the absence of plume deflectors, presence of a scimitar antenna and rather narrow MESA door. Also, the MESA appears to depict the television camera, with its handle sticking up, a hand tool extension handle(?), and an open ALSRC ready to be filled up. Nice attention to detail is the depiction of the snap-hook of Armstrong’s waist tether. Finally...for the most part contrary to what transpired...Aldrin photographing Armstrong, from inside the LM at that. A couple of Hasselblad shots certainly would’ve been nice…possibly doubling the number of photographs of Armstrong on the moon. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Although not signed, nor have I ever seen it before, I’m certain a Russell Arasmith work, which appears to have been part of a mission press kit, information packet, presentation, etc.
The following (and others) confirm the identification:
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Credit: MutualArt website
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“Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., appears to be concentrating on suiting activities a few hours before he and Commander Neil A. Armstrong and Command Module Pilot Michael Collins participated in the Countdown Demonstration Test today. Working in their Apollo spacecraft atop a Saturn V launch vehicle, the space pilots performed pre-launch checks and participated in the simulated countdown. They will be launched from the Spaceport’s Launch Complex 39A on a planned lunar landing mission.”
Mare Crisium imaged by the Apollo 11 crew using a 70mm monochrome film. This three-frame mosaic is looking north across the basalt plains flooring the 550 km Crisium Basin. Darker patches on the right are the discontinous basalt flows in Palus Somni. Best estimate is that it was taken by Mike Collins sometime on July 20, 1969 after the departure of the LM for the surface.
Image Credit: Apollo 11 crew / NASA / Project Apollo Archive / Justin Cowart
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A technological achievement not yet equaled in my humble opinion...may we return soon!
(my wife bought me property there :0))
Beautifully depicted powered descent by a ca. 1964 LEM configuration. Being a Ryan Aeronautical illustration, surely promoting their landing radar. Possibly/likely by the immensely talented artist, Robert Watts, although I'm not sure if this was during his time with Ryan Aeronautical.
Possibly rendered in pencil/charcoal?
Note the round forward egress/ingress hatch, large porch and apparent lack of a ladder...at least not attached to the landing strut.
Upon further inspection, the LEM depicted appears to be a hybrid between the Test Model-1 (TM-1) configuration - with the “truss”? mounted RCS thruster quads, and the M-5 LEM configuration - with the faceted left & right ascent stage protrusions...both shown below. I know, TMI.
AWESOME:
Description: KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - Personnel within the Launch Control Center watch the Apollo 11 liftoff from Launch Complex 39A today at the start of the historic lunar landing mission. The LCC is located three-and-one-half miles from the launch pad.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: KSC-69PC-387
Date: July 16, 1969
LCROSS and LRO are heading back to the moon, but this picture offers some nice historical perspective.
Date of original image: August 1, 1969
Close-up view of an astronaut's footprint in the lunar soil photographed with a 70mm lunar surface camera during the Apollo 11 extravehicular acitivty on the moon.
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Forty-five years ago today, the 363 foot tall Saturn V rocket launched the Apollo 11 mission from Kennedy Space Center. Astronauts on board were Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrine. Apollo 11 was the first lunar landing for the United States.
July 16, 1969 - Apollo 11
On the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch, July 16, 2019, astronaut Michael Collins, right, speaks to Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana at Launch Complex 39A, about the moments leading up to launch at 9:32 a.m. on July 16, 1969, and what it was like to be the first to land on the Moon. Photo credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik speaks at the LEGO exhibit for a video at the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary celebration on the National Mall, Friday, July 19, 2019 in Washington. Apollo 11 was the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon and launched on July 16, 1969 with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
On the 55th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, I have digitized some of the slides that my father shot while aboard the U.S.S. Hornet. The Hornet was the aircraft carrier that recovered the Apollo 11 capsule and crew.
All right reserved. Copyright : Mitchell Jamieson - July 1969
On display at Kennedy Space Center
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Decided to take the new camera (Canon 7D Mark II) out for a spin with my telescope and take a few pics of the Moon. I'd say it worked . You may remember my previous Moon shots showed the entire Moon, however with the crop factor of this camera it gets me in even tighter so I see more details. I do have a couple ways of getting even closer, but I wanted to try this out tonight to see what my camera could do if I used the telescope like a zoom lens (technically a prime lens). FYI, for my photo geek friends, the telescope has a focal length of 2350mm and with the 1.6x crop sensor, that makes this a 3760mm lens (Equivalent of a 75 power binoculars, or 75x closer than we see with our eyes). So, my exposure was 1/250 @ f/8 ISO 200 at 3760mm.
The Apollo 11 Command Module, "Columbia," was the living quarters for the three-person crew during most of the first manned lunar landing mission in July 1969. On July 16, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched from Cape Kennedy atop a Saturn V rocket. This Command Module, no. 107, manufactured by North American Rockwell, was one of three parts of the complete Apollo spacecraft. The other two parts were the Service Module and the Lunar Module, nicknamed "Eagle." The Service Module contained the main spacecraft propulsion system and consumables while the Lunar Module was the two-person craft used by Armstrong and Aldrin to descend to the Moon's surface on July 20. The Command Module is the only portion of the spacecraft to return to Earth.
It was physically transferred to the Smithsonian in 1971 following a NASA-sponsored tour of American cities. The Apollo CM Columbia has been designated a "Milestone of Flight" by the Museum.
July 20, 1969: Views outside Neil Armstrong’s window just after landing on the lunar surface. (Photo taken by Armstrong out the window.)
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The first manned landing on the moon (Apollo 11) made its touchdown just north of the boundary region between Mare Nectaris and Mare Tranquillitatis (or Sea of Tranquility, as in, "Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed."). The image notes identify that location, the site of the Apollo 16 mission, and several of the prominent features that surround Mare Nectaris (Sea of Nectar).
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Photographed on the morning of June 27, 2013 at 4:35AM PDT using a Celestron C6 telescope and a Sony NEX-5N digital camera (ISO 400, 1/60 second, prime focus + 2X PowerMate or approximately 3000mm effective focal length at f/20). Image registration, integration (a stack of 12 images), and adjustments done with PixInsight v01.08.00.101 with final tweaks in Photoshop CS5 and Apple's Preview application.
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“Most of Africa and portions of Europe and Asia can be seen in this spectacular photograph taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its trans-lunar coast toward the moon. Apollo 11, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, onboard was already 98,000 nautical miles from Earth when this picture was made. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Collins remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit.”
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The Apollo spacecraft reached Earth parking orbit after 11 minutes. After one and a half orbits, the Saturn thrusters fired and the astronauts began their journey to the Moon. This spectacular photo of the Earth was taken from 158,000 km (98,000 miles) during the Apollo 11 translunar injection on July 16. Most of Africa and parts of Europe and Asia are visible.
This portrait of the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission was taken the day after NASA announced the crew assignment. Left to right are Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot; Neil A. Armstrong, commander; and Michael Collins, command module pilot. They were photographed in front of a lunar module mockup beside Building 1 at what is now Johnson Space Center following a press conference at the Center to introduce the crew.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S69-16681
Date: January 10, 1969
"This view of Earth rising over the moon's horizon was taken from the Apollo spacecraft. The lunar terrain pictured is in the area of Smyth's Sea on the nearside. Coordinates of the center of the terrain are 85 degrees east longitude and 3 degrees north latitude. While astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Eagle" to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Columbia" in lunar orbit.”
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So so cool:
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Credit: The Planetary Society website
Also cool, the preceding frame, posted by Buzz:
twitter.com/TheRealBuzz/status/1281268912416534528/photo/1
Credit: Twitter/Dr. Buzz Aldrin
Botched but interesting photo depicting the Apollo Program emblem and those of Apollo missions 7 - 16, with an Apollo 11 photo of the moon serving as placeholder for Apollo 17. So I assume this was slapped together prior to it being determined.
A rank amateur ‘effort’, highlighted by the Apollo 14 emblem being on its side. Must’ve been “Bring your 2nd - 4th grader to work…and let them do your job” day. Otherwise, there’s no excuse. Seriously, this is not the ‘rocket science’ part…it’s placing decals on a sheet of whatever, paper I suppose, and then photographing it. Incompetence & stupidity on exhibit, albeit low-level.
This is how long it took Apollo11 from take off to splash down, including a walk on the Moon which lasted 2hrs 53 mins, with the iconic words, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".
This took place in July 1969.
Repost of historic image: Apollo 11 Saturn V on launch pad 39A on July 1, 1969.
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"Michael Collins, piloting the Apollo 11 Command Module in orbit, as the Lunar Module ascent stage, carrying Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, returns to dock with his spacecraft on July 21, 1969. The region of the Moon 100 km (60 miles) below is Smyth's Sea, at the eastern limb of the lunar nearside. The Earth has just risen beyond the distant horizon." [Text on the back of the postcard]
A Saturn V projected on the Washington Monument in honor of the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 landing on the moon.
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An Apollo 11 montage…sort of…with an Apollo 4 launch photo, Apollo 10 photo of the earth - and to complete the presentation - a reversed image of Aldrin at the SEQ bay…yep.
If this photograph was indeed originally conceived & printed by Douglas Aircraft Co., not of NASA-origination/compilation, they can almost be forgiven, almost.
I guess it’s the effort that counted and 66.7% (a solid “D”), was good enough for contractor/gov’t work.
Original caption:
“A final look—a portrait at the beginning, taken only months before, on January 10, 1969, the day after NASA announced their names as the prime crew for the lunar landing mission. From left to right are Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin, Commander Neil Armstrong, and Command Module Pilot Michael Collins, photographed in front of a lunar module mockup beside Building 1 at what is now Johnson Space Center.”
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Via:
www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/07/apollo-11-moon-landing-...
A Ready Jet Go performance is seen at the Apollo 11 50th Anniversary celebration on the National Mall, Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Washington. Apollo 11 was the first mission to land astronauts on the Moon and launched on July 16, 1969 with astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
"TRW Inc. artist's concept depicting the Apollo 11 Lunar Module (LM) descending to the surface of the moon. Inside the LM will be astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander, and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, will remain with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit. TRW's Lunar Module descent engine will brake Apollo 11's descent to the lunar surface. The throttleable rocket engine will be fired continuously the last 10 miles of the journey to the moon, slowing the LM to a speed of two miles per hour at touchdown. TRW Inc. designed and built the unique engine at Redondo Beach, California under subcontract to the Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, Bethpage, New York, the LM prime contractor."
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The beautiful work, featured as the front & back cover, in a wrap-around fashion, of the Summer/Fall 1969 issue of the “TRW SPACE LOG”, confirms it to be that of John Desatoff, resident TRW graphic design artist/illustrator.
Not surprisingly, Mr. Desatoff's works were featured in a 1968 Smithsonian Institute traveling museum/exhibition entitled “Exploring Space: Paintings by John Desatoff,” which now reside in the Institution's archives.
Although by no means detracting from the undeniable aesthetic appeal, note the lack of plume deflectors, to be mounted beneath the RCS thrusters, attached to the descent stage. And the inclusion of a Lunar Surface Sensing Probe on the bottom of the footpad with the ladder. Still beautiful!
A young, aspiring Mr. Desatoff. Outstanding:
archives.artcenter.edu/spec-9-2004-34-24
Credit: ArtCenter Archives website
Rest In Peace Mr. Desatoff, and THANK YOU:
www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=john-j-...
Credit: Legacy website