The astronauts who exploited the space and the Moon during the Apollo program in the years 1966 – 1972 were equipped with Swedish Hasselblad cameras. Thousands of images recorded with the hardware has been preserved and digitized. They were in the archives of NASA and they were not available to Internet users.
The network was so far little evidence showing the exploration of the lunar surface from those years.
Excellent image quality
However, as informs a portal of The Verge, in 2004 a few enthusiasts decided to digital photography space remaking a hitherto unknown higher resolution photos and October 4, 2015, NASA released the results of their work. More than 8.4 thousand. archival photographs from the Apollo program in the excellent quality available in the network.
photos have a resolution of 1800 dpi and ended up on the popular website Flickr. Previously internet users were not able to view these pictures. For now we can only see images of several missions. For photographs from the Apollo 7, 8, 9, 10 and 13 have to wait a little longer.
More pictures can be seen here
Space Race
In 1961 when the Soviet Union dominated the space conquest, US President Kennedy announced that the Americans were the first to gain the moon and they get to the surface before the end of the decade.
– The eyes of the world are now directed into space – to the moon and planets continue. We promised himself that he would not control him an enemy flag of conquest, but the banner of freedom and peace – he said.
The paper presents the basic assumptions of the third (after the Mercury and Gemini) program of the American manned space flights. The mission was called Apollo. The program began in 1966. Three years later, during the Apollo 11, the Americans were the first stood on the moon.
“The Eagle has landed”
Neil Armstrong – mission commander, Mike Collins – pilot the command module and Edwin “Buzz “Aldrin – the lunar module pilot (lander) took off on July 16, 1969. Space Flight Center at Cape Canaveral. Orbit was their powerful rocket with a manned module weighing 3,000 tons.
Three days later, Armstrong and Aldrin went to the lunar module, which started landing on the Moon. Their journey was full of emotions and sensations. July 20 module settled on the surface of the moon, Neil Armstrong set the first step on the moon.
Historical words
– That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind – said at the time Neil Armstrong putting the first human step on the moon.
A moment later he joined by Buzz. Astronauts on the Moon spent 21 hours. They collected samples from the lunar surface to research stones, dust and sand. They took notes and photos. Also among the rocks they drove the American flag. After 21 hours they returned to the command module, where they waited for Mike Collins. They returned to Earth on July 24. The module splashed down in the Pacific Ocean.
Other landing on the Moon
After the Apollo missions to the Moon landed five more manned missions – Apollo 12, 14, 15, 16, 17.
Apollo 7 and 9 tested the equipment in orbit around Earth, Apollo 10 was a rehearsal before landing on the moon – according to the plan ended on orbitowaniu around him.
The history passed the mission of Apollo 13, which the mission was interrupted by the explosion of the oxygen tank. Astronauts managed to successfully return to Earth. The last – Apollo 17 – occurred in 1972.
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