[APOLLO PROGRAM]. APOLLO 12 & 14 LANDING SITE CHART, SIGNED BY BEAN & MITCHELL NEXT TO THEIR LANDING SITES

APOLLO 12 & 14 - LANDING SITE CHART - SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY APOLLO 12 LUNAR MODULE PILOT ALAN BEAN & APOLLO 14 LUNAR MODULE PILOT EDGAR MITCHELL
Montes Riphaeus, Lunar Map - Lm 76. Defense Mapping Agency for Nasa, October 1979

Includes a detailed legend and gridded full sphere lunar near side map locator image at bottom left hand corner. First edition. 22 by 29 inches, scale 1: 1,000,000.

LUNAR MAP SHOWING THE LANDING SITES OF APOLLO 12 AND 14, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED NEXT TO THEIR LANDING SITES: "HOLY CRAN [sic], IT'S BEAUTIFUL OUT HERE! ALAN BEAN. APOLLO 12 LMP", and "PERHAPS WE ARE A STAR'S WAY OF KNOWING ITSELF. EDGAR MITCHELL. APOLLO 14 LMP."

The map illustrates the Montes Riphaeus, a mountain range along the west-northwestern edge of the Mare Cognitum, the Mare Insularum, the Fra Mauro highlands, and the Mare Nubium with the landing sites for Apollo 12, Apollo 14, Surveyor 3 and Ranger VII marked.

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