[Apollo 17] HUMMOCKY 40-KM CRATER FLOOR ON THE LUNAR FAR SIDE NEAR SNIADECKI (NASA's own copy, u...

[Apollo 17] HUMMOCKY 40-KM CRATER FLOOR ON THE LUNAR FAR SIDE NEAR SNIADECKI (NASA's own copy, used and annotated, for the preparation of its final Apollo Science report) Harrison Schmitt, Eugene Cernan or Ronald Evans, 7-19 December 1972 Printed 1972. Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS17-151-23193]. With original editorial labels in the white margins on the recto for publication in NASA's Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report (NASA SP-330), with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark and traces of previous mounting on the reverse, numbered 'NASA AS17-151-23193' in red in the top margin (issued by NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre, Houston, Texas), together with an original NASA sheet indicating directives and notes (figure 4-39) for publication in the report. 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.) Historical context This photograph is NASA's own archival copy used and annotated for the production of the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report (NASA SP-330) on humanity's final voyage to the Moon. The hummocky texture of the Moon's surface is very palpable in this photograph captured over the area of crater Sniadecki on the far side. 'I look at it [the Moon] very three-dimensionally. I mean I can look beyond the moon. I can see the three dimensions. I think, prior to going there, and I think most people just look at it as something flat out there in the night sky. But I look at it as a sphere. I can feel the depth of it. I know that it is in inner space. I mean, I know that it's not at the end of that blackness' (Chaikin, Voices, p. 180) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing