APOLLO 16 INDEX OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND 16 mm FILM STRIPS

192 Pages·2009·6.47 MB·English

APOLLO 16
INDEXO F
70 PHOTOGRAPHS
mm
AND 16 FILMS TRIPS
mm
NOVEMBER1 972
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MAPPINGS CIENCEBSR ANCH
EARTHO BSERVATIONDSI VISION
SCIENCAEN D APPLICATIODNlSR ECTORATE
MANNED SPACECRACFETN TER
HOUSTON,TEXAS
APOLLO 1 6
INEDX OF7 0mmP HOTOGRAPHS
AND1 6mm FILM STRIPS
November1 972
Preparedf or:
Mapping SciencBersa nch
Earth ObservationDsi vision
Nationla Aeronauticasn d SpaceA dministration
MannedS pacecrafCte nter
Houston,T exas
APOLLO 16I NEDX OF 70mmP HOTOGRAPHS
AND1 6mm FILM STRIPS
PreparedB y: LockheedE lectronicsC ompany,I nc.,
HASD MappingS ciencesD epartment
For
MappingS ciencesB rancho f the Earth ObservationDsi vision
Natinoal Aeronauticasn d SpaceA dministration
MannedS pacecraftC enter
Houston,T exas
ApprovedB y: Head, LunarS creening& IndexingG roup
MappingS ciencesB ranch/OED
November1 972
Issue Date
PREFACE
Thisr eportw as precarrdb y Lockheed� lectrnnics Company,
Inc.,H oustonA erospaceS ystesm Divisionu,n derC ontract
NAS 9-12200,P roject� ark OrderE 3-0257-5614a,n d issueda t
the MannedS pacecrafCte nter,H ouston,T exas.
The majorc ontributortso this documentw ere R. G. Cook,
R. A. Pintera nd F. W. Solomon of the Image Analysis Section
with the supporto f personnel of the Mapping Science
Department.
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CONETNTS
Page
Introduciton. . . . .. . . . . . . 1
Sourceso f Information. . . . .. . . . . 5
Indexo f 16mm FilmS trips . . .. . . . . . 1 7
Indexo f 70mmP hotorgaphs
Listed by NASAP hoto Number
Magazine M, AS16-10-517053 to 1 2736. 21
MagazineK , AS16-160-17237 to 1 7418 . 26
Magazine c 'A S16-107-17491 to 1 7583. 31
MagazineI 'A S16-108-17584t o 1 7745. 36
MagazineG 'A S16-l0-917764 to 1 7864. 41
MagazineH ' AS16-110-17865t o 1 0832. 44
Magazine J ' AS16-111-81033 to 1 81 29. 49
MagazineL , AS16-112-18193 to 1 2878 . 53
MagazineA ' AS16-113-18279t o 1 3882 . 56
Magazine B ,A S16-11 4-18383t o 18 47 .0 59
Magazine D 'A S16-11-518471t o 1 8562. 62
MagazineE 'A S16-116-18563 to 1 8724 . 65
Magazine F ,A S16-11 -718725t o 1 8856. 70
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MagazineN N, AS16-11 -818857t o 19022. 74
MagazineR R, AS16-119-19023t o 1 91 84 .. . . 7.9
Magazine v 'A S16-102-191 8t5o 19 344. 84
MagazineP P, AS16-121-31495 to 1945.7 89
MagazineQ Q,A S16-122-19458t o 19612. 92
MagazineS S, AS16-124-19822 to 1 9925 . 96
.
Magazine0 0, AS16-1312-0100 to 201 28 . . 99
Page
Orbital PhotosL isted bLyo ngitud.e . . . . 103
LunarS urfaceP hotosL istedC hronological yl
Pre-EVA 1 39
EVA 1 . . . . . . . . 1 04
EVA 2 . . .. . 1 48
EVA 3 . . 165
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FIGURES
Figure Page
1 Apollo 16O rbitT rack . 1 5
2 Apollo1 6L unarS urfaceT raverses 1 6
TABLES
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Table Page
1 Summaryo f Apollo 167 0mmF ilmM agazine.s . 6
2 Apollo 167 0mma nd 16mm FilmT ypes. . 7
3 LunarS urfaceS ampleD esignationasn d
LunarR eceivingL ab SampleN umber.s . 8
INRTODUCTION
Thisi ndex lists, and providess upplemental dataf or, Apollo
167 0mm photograpsh and 16mm films trips. Two 70mm maga­
zines are excludedf rom the index: magazineT T, which
containss evenf rameso f low-light-level photographya,n d
magazineU U, whichw as used onlyf or the electrophoresis
experiment.A ll 16mm photographiys listed and described.
All indexed7 0mmp hotographasr e firstp resentedi n numeriacl
sequencea ccordingt o NASAp hoton umber. In subsequenste c­
tionso rbital photographasr e listed accordingt o longitude
in 1°0 incrementsa,n d lunar surface photograaprhes listed
in chronological order. Wherei ndexed blyon gitudet he
photographwsi thine ach 1 0d egrees egmenta re listed in
m
numericla sequence,s o that all photographfsr om each fil
magazinea re listed together.
Preparatioonf Index
In the preparatioonf this documente ach photograptha ken
from orbiits plottedo n a 1:2,750,000L unar Orbitla
( )
ScienceF light Chart LSF . The principla pointo f each
framei s determine,d and recoredd to the nearest0 .1 degree.
The revolutiono n whicht he photograpwha s takeni s deter­
minedf roma varietyo f sources,b ut primarliyf rom comments
recordedi n the air-to-groutnrda nscript.E stimateosf
camerat ilta nd azimutha re basedo n shapeo f the plotted
footprinta nd positionr elativet o the grountdracko f the
revolutiono n whicht he photograpwha s taken. Tilta nd azi­
muth values are roundedt o the nearest5 degrees. The
altitudeo f the spacecraftt,o the nearestk ilometer,i s
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determined frtorma jectoryd ata. The reporteda ltitudei s
relativet o a mean lunar radiuso f 1738 kilometersa,n d is
not a measureo f heighta bove local terrain. The calculated
sun elevationa t the principal poionft each photographi s
roundedt o the nearestd egree.
SampleN umbers
The sampled esignations reporitne dt his index are those used
by the astronautso n the lunar surface. Eascahm pleb ag or
other samplingd evicew as pre-numbereda,n d as each collected
samplew as describedt he sampleb ag numberw as read to Mis­
sion Controlb y the astronauts. By use of the air-to-ground
voicet ranscriptt he photographso f samples listheedr einm ay
be relatetdo astronaut commenatts t he time samplesw ere
being collected.
As the samplesw ere processeda t the LunarR eceivingL aboratory
they were renumbereda ccordingt o a different systemT.a ble3
relatest he numbersu sed on the lunar surfacet o those assigned
by the LunarR eceivingL aboratory.
Cameras
One 70mm cameraw as stowedi n the CommandM odulef or orbital
sciencea nd operationalp hotography.T hreei nterchangeable
2)
lensesw ere used: 1) an 80mm, a 250mm, and 3) a 105mm
ultraviloet-transmittgi nlens. The CommandM odule also was
equippedw ith one l6mm moviec amera,w ith lOmm,l 8mm, and
75mm lenses. A 35mm cameraw as used for low-light-level
photography.
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Three 70mm camerasw ere stowedi n the LM, two with 60mm
lensesa nd one with a 500mm lens. One 16mm movie camera
with lOmm lens was stowedi n the crew compartmento f the LM,
and a second 16mmc amera,a lso with lOmm lens, was used in
lunar surfacee xtravehiculara ctivities.