Title from caption on object: "Fifty Seconds Before Impact”

March 24, 1965

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Associated Names
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Artist, American, est. 1958

National Broadcasting Company

Publisher, American, founded 1929

Associated Press

Publisher

This is a photograph of the lunar surface taken from a camera on a space mission. The image shows a grainy, black-and-white view of the Moon's surface featuring a large crater in the middle right section and surrounding lunar surface features with varying shadows that highlight the texture of the moon's terrain. The text "LIVE FROM THE MOON" is prominently displayed across the bottom. On the left, typewritten text provides additional context about the image's origin and the mission's specifics, mentioning that it was taken seconds before impact by a television camera.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 14.7 × 20.5 cm (5 13/16 × 8 1/16 in.)
    sheet: 16.7 × 21.7 cm (6 9/16 × 8 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.21.27

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

vertical along left edge printed in image: (NY10- MARCH 24) -- FIFTY SECONDS BEFORE IMPACT-- This is how the moon looked / as photographed by camera in Ranger 9--50 seconds and 90 miles before impact. Photo was taken from NBC television screen in New York studio. / (APWirephoto) (See Wire Story) (gfr41000stf) 1965.; on verso, center left stamped in blue ink: RSD 71587; center left stamped in red ink perpendicular: ES 1016-- 056

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