Lunar Orbiter, Medium Resolution, LOIV M-186

May 11, 1967

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Associated Names
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist, American, est. 1958

This is a photograph of the lunar surface. It shows a close-up view of the Moon's surface, capturing a portion of the lunar landscape. The image emphasizes the various craters and uneven terrain typical of the Moon's surface. It is a black and white image taken as part of NASA's Lunar Orbiter Project, Mission IV. The Moon is partially lit, illustrating the contrast between the illuminated and shadowed areas. The photograph includes technical details at the bottom, such as the spacecraft frame number, date of photographing and readout, and the entities involved in reassembling the image data.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 47.6 × 41.6 cm (18 3/4 × 16 3/8 in.)
    sheet: 60.9 × 51 cm (24 × 20 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.21.14

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX. Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower center printed in black ink: NASA-LRC LUNAR ORBITER PROJECT-MISSION [by unknown hand in black ink: IV] / SPACECRAFT FRAME NO. [by unknown hand in black ink: 082], [by unknown hand in black ink: 1] OF [by unknown hand in black ink: 1], MEDIUM RESOLUTION / SITE [by unknown hand in black ink: 165] GRE [by unknown hand in black ink: 06040420,06040430] KI NO. [by unknown hand in black ink: 4042,4043.] / photographed: date [by unknown hand in black ink: 11 MAY] 1967 TIME: [by unknown hand in black ink: 15:56:38.04] READOUT: [by unknown hand in black ink: 18 MAY], 1967 SHUTTER [by unknown hand in black ink: .04] SECONDS / REASSEMBLED BY: ARMY MAP SERVICE, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, U.S. ARMY, [by unknown hand in black ink: 31 MAY], 1967; by unknown hand, bottom center in black ink: nm-186; on verso, bottom right stamped in purple ink: JUN 28 1967

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