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[Surveyor I] The first American photograph on the surface of the Moon. NASA, 2 June 1966. Printed 1966. Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper. 20.3×25.4 cm (8×10 in), with General Dynamics credit stamp numbered “UNCLASSIFIED 74282 B” on the verso (NASA / General Dynamics).
The first American landing on the surface of another world, an incredible feat of engineering, revealed for the first time in beautiful detail an alien landscape, starting with this first photograph of its legs on the lunar surface.
The Soviet Luna 9 was the first space probe to soft land on the Moon in February 1966 and sent crude pictures from the surface. A few months later on June 2, 1966, Surveyor I joined it and landed on a dark, relatively smooth, mare surface north of the Crater Flamsteed, in the Ocean of Storms. The geographic coordinates of the site, encircled by hills and low mountains, were 2.41° S, 43.34° W. The robot spacecraft transmitted much higher resolution photographs than Luna 9, including this first one taken on its first day of operation, confirming that the lunar surface was strong enough to support an astronaut.
Surveyor I’s camera system had a variable iris, changeable filters, and a rotating mirror assembly, which allowed the camera to look in almost any direction and take pictures under various lightin conditions, in either B&W or in color. Video pictures with 200-line resolution and with 600-line resolution were possible; the first with a quick-look mode and the capability of transmission with a low gain antenna; the second for use with the directional antenna and the high data rate. Surveyor l’s camera had a lens of variable focal length and could be pointed by radio command from Earth. This allowed scientists to choose their subject and the most suitable light and lens setting for photographing it. Surveyor’s scanning of its horizon, afforded man his first look around the landscape of another world. (Cortright, pp. 51–56).
Condition Report:Three binder indentations in left margin, otherwise excellent condition.
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[Surveyor I] The first American photograph on the surface of the Moon. NASA, 2 June 1966. Printed 1966. Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper. 20.3×25.4 cm (8×10 in), with General Dynamics credit stamp numbered “UNCLASSIFIED 74282 B” on the verso (NASA / General Dynamics).
The first American landing on the surface of another world, an incredible feat of engineering, revealed for the first time in beautiful detail an alien landscape, starting with this first photograph of its legs on the lunar surface.
The Soviet Luna 9 was the first space probe to soft land on the Moon in February 1966 and sent crude pictures from the surface. A few months later on June 2, 1966, Surveyor I joined it and landed on a dark, relatively smooth, mare surface north of the Crater Flamsteed, in the Ocean of Storms. The geographic coordinates of the site, encircled by hills and low mountains, were 2.41° S, 43.34° W. The robot spacecraft transmitted much higher resolution photographs than Luna 9, including this first one taken on its first day of operation, confirming that the lunar surface was strong enough to support an astronaut.
Surveyor I’s camera system had a variable iris, changeable filters, and a rotating mirror assembly, which allowed the camera to look in almost any direction and take pictures under various lightin conditions, in either B&W or in color. Video pictures with 200-line resolution and with 600-line resolution were possible; the first with a quick-look mode and the capability of transmission with a low gain antenna; the second for use with the directional antenna and the high data rate. Surveyor l’s camera had a lens of variable focal length and could be pointed by radio command from Earth. This allowed scientists to choose their subject and the most suitable light and lens setting for photographing it. Surveyor’s scanning of its horizon, afforded man his first look around the landscape of another world. (Cortright, pp. 51–56).
Condition Report:Three binder indentations in left margin, otherwise excellent condition.
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