Terms and conditions of use
Moon surface, with Charlie Brown, command module, in foreground taken from Snoopy, Apollo X
1969
Medium
type C photograph
Measurements
48.8 × 38.8 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Photimport, 1971
Courtesy of NASA
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Inscription
printed in silver on paper label (in image) l.r.: HASSELBLAD
printed on support reverse c.: 26 / The crater-bestrewn surface of the moon lies just 75 miles / below the Apollo X spacecraft. The moon's surface, / strongly lit by the sun, is reflected on the shiny underside / of Charlie Brown, the command module. This shot was / taken from Snoopy, with astronauts Stafford and Cernan / on board. The camera, of course, was a Hasselblad, the / 500 EL/70mm with the standard Zeiss Planar 80 lens. / May 1969. / Printed in Sweden by AB Inplastor / (text repeated in Swedish / German / French) / COURTESY OF NASA
Accession Number
PH387-1971
Department
International Photography
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