Alfred Worden (American, b. 1932)

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Alfred Worden (American, b. 1932)
Two views of the Moon's surface photographed from orbit with the Fairchild camera, Apollo 15, August 1971. NASA HQ captions on the verso. Vintage gelatin silver prints, image sizes to 8 x 7 5/8 in. (20.3 x 19.2 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Minor wear at corners.

N.B. Vertical view of the Crater Paracelsus on the lunar farside (first image) and oblique view of Humboldt Crater (second image). The huge Crater Humboldt is 124 miles in diameter. While Scott and Irwin spent 66 hours on the lunar surface, overhead in solo orbit Worden, besides taking hand-held photographs, operated two special automatic photographic systems one of which, the Fairchild metric camera, was located in the SIM bay of the Apollo 15 CSM along with the stellar camera, the laser altimeter, and the panoramic camera.
Estimate $300-500


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