AS04-01-580 - Apollo 4 - Apollo 4 Mission - Atlantic Ocean,coastal Brazil,West Africa and Antarctica; Scope and content: The original database describes this as: Description: Earth as viewed from 10,000 miles. In 1969, the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned test flight made a great ellipse around the Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a manned flight returning from the Moon. A 70mm camera was programmed to look out a window toward the Earth, and take a series of photographs from high apogee. Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, west Africa,
AS04-01-580 - Apollo 4 - Apollo 4 Mission - Atlantic Ocean,coastal Brazil,West Africa and Antarctica; Scope and content: The original database describes this as: Description: Earth as viewed from 10,000 miles. In 1969, the Apollo 4 (Spacecraft 017/Saturn 501) unmanned test flight made a great ellipse around the Earth as a test of the translunar motors and of the high speed entry required of a manned flight returning from the Moon. A 70mm camera was programmed to look out a window toward the Earth, and take a series of photographs from high apogee. Coastal Brazil, Atlantic Ocean, west Africa, Antarctica, looking west. The camera system was activated by a gravity switch set for G=3. It is possible that it was activated by the initial vibration at lift-off. Therefore times and altitudes are approximate but within one minute of true. Photo was taken during the third revolution. Film type was SO-368 Ektachrome,70mm color,76mm lens. time was 6:11, Altitude was 9622 nautical miles (17,821 kilometers). Subject Terms: Apollo 4 Flight, Earth Observations (From Space) Categories: Earth Observations Date: 11/9/1967 Original: Film - 70MM CT Interior_Exterior: Exterior Ground_Orbit: On-orbit; 1967 – 1972;
Size: 4222px × 4222px
Photo credit: © NASA/APOLLO / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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