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Snoopy rising from low level swoop at moon surface, Apollo X
Medium
type C photograph
Measurements
48.0 × 39.0 cm (image and sheet)
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
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by Photimport, 1971
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Bowness Family Foundation
Gallery location
Not on display