Eugene Cernan (Apollo 10)
Cover of LIFE: The LM Snoopy returning from the first descent to the Moon's surface,18-26 May 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, (NASA AS10-34-5108), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA / North American Rockwell), 20,3 x 25,4 cm
“Stafford and Cernan flew Snoopy to within 9 miles of the Moon’s surface testing systems and procedures before they jettisoned the LM’s descent stage. Snoopy’s descent radar performed superbly; but there was a moment of terror later, when Snoopy jettisoned its descent stage to simulate a lunar liftoff. A switch was in the wrong position, and suddenly Snoopy began gyrating violently until Stafford wrestled it back under control” (Mason, p. 162).
Cernan and Stafford could then fire the ascent engine to bring them back into a higher orbit where they could rejoin Charlie Brown piloted by Young.
The photograph was taken with the 80mm lens from the CM Charlie Brown over the 64-km Crater Gregory (top right) and its surrounding area to the southeast on the lunar farside (latitude: 1° N / 130° E). The red/blue diagonal line is the Command Module’s window.
Literature:
LIFE magazine, Barnstorming the Moon, 6 June 1969, cover.
Expertin: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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Eugene Cernan (Apollo 10)
Cover of LIFE: The LM Snoopy returning from the first descent to the Moon's surface,18-26 May 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, (NASA AS10-34-5108), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA / North American Rockwell), 20,3 x 25,4 cm
“Stafford and Cernan flew Snoopy to within 9 miles of the Moon’s surface testing systems and procedures before they jettisoned the LM’s descent stage. Snoopy’s descent radar performed superbly; but there was a moment of terror later, when Snoopy jettisoned its descent stage to simulate a lunar liftoff. A switch was in the wrong position, and suddenly Snoopy began gyrating violently until Stafford wrestled it back under control” (Mason, p. 162).
Cernan and Stafford could then fire the ascent engine to bring them back into a higher orbit where they could rejoin Charlie Brown piloted by Young.
The photograph was taken with the 80mm lens from the CM Charlie Brown over the 64-km Crater Gregory (top right) and its surrounding area to the southeast on the lunar farside (latitude: 1° N / 130° E). The red/blue diagonal line is the Command Module’s window.
Literature:
LIFE magazine, Barnstorming the Moon, 6 June 1969, cover.
Expertin: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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