Terms and conditions of use
Snoopy rising from low level swoop at moon surface, Apollo X
1969
Medium
type C photograph
Measurements
48.0 × 39.0 cm (image and sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Photimport, 1971
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Orbit of moon
Inscription
printed in silver (in image) on paper label l.r.: HASSELBLAD
printed on support reverse c.: 24 / The lunar module, Snoopy, rising after having made a low- / level swoop at the moon's surface. In one of the two low- / level passes made by Snoopy on the Apollo X flight, the / distance between spaceship and lunar surface was only / in numbers 47,000 feet. This shot was taken by Young from the com- / mander module with a Hasselblad 500EL/70 and the standard Zeiss Planar 80 lens. The crew in the lunar module was / Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene A. Cernan. May 1969. / Printed in Sweden by AB Inplastor. / (text repeated in Swedish / German / French) / COURTESY OF NASA
Accession Number
PH385-1971
Department
International Photography
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