Tag: Apollos & Moonwalks

The “Blue Marble”, the iconic view of sun-illumnated Earth (Large format)

This fabulous large format presentation vintage chromogenic print shows the most reproduced photograph in the entire history of photography. Only this final Apollo 17 mission saw the Earth fully illuminated.

11/08/2023
A lunar view of Earth taken with the astronomy camera

A very rare far-ultraviolet photograph of the Earth from the lunar surface taken with the UV astronomy camera.

09/08/2023
Eugene Cernan on the last human mission on the moon, next to US flag and Lunar Rover

Space MissionApollo 17, 7-19 December 1972, EVA 3 PhotographerHarrison Schmitt Photo DescriptionVintage chromogenic print on a fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.2 x 25.4 cm; ‘A Kodak Paper’ watermarks on verso Essay118:22:46 Cernan: Yes, sir. How about right there? (Pause) (We’ll) take a couple (of pictures) this way, and we’ll take a couple that way. How’s that?118:22:57…

09/08/2023
Charles Pete Conrad Standing by the US Flag

“I’ve always thought the pictures we took of each other on the Moon were all we were going to have left after it was over to remember what we did.” – Pete Conrad.

09/08/2023
Dave Scott salutes stars and stripes

Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed United States flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site.

09/08/2023
The last man on the Moon posing next to the Lunar Rover

This very rare and superb “tourist” photograph shows the last man on the Moon, Eugene Cernan, posing with the Lunar Rover at Taurus-Littrow Base at the end of the last EVA on the lunar surface.

09/08/2023
Alan Bean transporting scientific equipment on the Ocean of Storms

A frame from the panoramic sequence taken by Conrad at the deployment site of the lunar-science station (also called ALSEP site).

09/08/2023
Portrait of Apollo 9 Crew

Portrait of the Apollo 9 prime crew in their space suits. From left to right they are: Commander, James A. McDivitt, Command Module pilot, David R. Scott, and Lunar Module pilot, Russell L. Schweickart.

09/08/2023
First lunar eclipse observed from deep space

Extremely rare photograph of the first lunar eclipse observed from deep space. The Apollo 15 spacecraft was about 200,000 km from Earth when the crew captured this truly out of this world view of a lunar eclipse from deep space (through the 80mm lens) that had never been witnessed by humans before.

09/08/2023
LM Eagle and Earthrise

After 21 hours on the surface, the LM Eagle with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on board rose to join Michael Collins in the orbiting CSM Columbia. As Eagle approached for docking, Collins witnessed the unique view of an Earthrise behind Eagle. He became the only person in history to capture a photograph showing every…

09/08/2023