Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Johnson Space Center Collection
Title:
El Paso and White Sands area as seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft
Description:
The El Paso and White Sands area are photographed from the Apollo 6 (Spacecraft 020/Saturn 502) unmanned space mission three hours and eight minutes after liftoff. North is toward top of picture. Near bottom center of picture is the El Paso-Ciudad Juarez, Mexico metropolitan area. At the top is the White Sands National Monument area. Note Rio Grande River on left side of picture. The snow-covered Sacremento Mountains are seen in the upper right corner. The altitude of the spacecraft when this photograph was taken was 115 nautical miles.
Date Taken:
1968-04-06
Program:
Apollo
Mission:
Apollo VI
Subject Terms:
FLIGHT
Subject Terms:
PROJECT
Subject Terms:
SPACECRAFT
Subject Terms:
APOLLO
Subject Terms:
6
Subject Terms:
EARTH
Subject Terms:
OBSERVATIONS
Subject Terms:
(FROM
Subject Terms:
SPACE)
Subject Terms:
MEXICO
Subject Terms:
NEW
Subject Terms:
TEXAS
Subject Terms:
UNMANNED
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Saturn
facet_what:
Apollo 6
facet_where:
Saturn
facet_where:
Texas
facet_where:
Johnson Space Center (JSC)
Photo ID:
AS06-02-1448
Film Type:
70mm
UID:
SPD-JSC-AS06-02-1448
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El Paso and White Sands area as seen from the Apollo 6 unmanned spacecraft