|
|
Crater Tsiolkovsky
| Title |
Crater Tsiolkovsky |
| Full Description |
This is a view of the large crater Tsiolkovsky as photographed by the astronauts during the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission, looking East toward the lunar horizon. Tsiolkovsky is approximately 150 statute miles in diameter. It was first identified and named by the Russians from photographs taken by their unmanned Luna III spacecraft. |
| Date |
12/24/1968 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
|
The Lunar Farside
| Title |
The Lunar Farside |
| Full Description |
View of the lunar surface taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward from high altitude across the Southern Sea. The bright-rayed crater near the horizon is located near 130 degrees east longitude and 70 degrees south latitude. The dark floored crater near the middle of the right side of the photograph is about 70 kilometers (45 statute miles) in diameter. Both features are beyond the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from earth, neither has a name. |
| Date |
12/24/1968 |
| NASA Center |
Johnson Space Center |
|
High altitude oblique view o
…
| Title |
High altitude oblique view of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
High altitude oblique view of the lunar surface was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking northeastward. The crater Joliet-Curie, about 175 kilometers in diameter and centered near 94 degrees east longitude and 27 degrees north latitude, is near the center of the left side of this photograph. The bright-rayed crater near the horizon is probably located near 105 degrees east longitude and 45 degrees north latitude. Long, narrow rays that have been reported in the polar region of the earth-facing hemisphere may radiate from this crater. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
|
High altitude view of lunar
…
| Title |
High altitude view of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
High altitude view of the lunar surface was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward across the crater Humboldt toward the Southern Sea. Humbolt, located at 80 degrees east longitude and 28 degrees south latitude, is the 225 kilometer crater at the top center margin of the picture. Note the high albado along cracks in the floor of the crater. Visible structures within the dark areas on the crater floor suggest the dark material is lava. Dark areas near the lower left corner of the picture are more deposits within the Southern Sea. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
|
View of crater Tsiolkovsky t
…
| Title |
View of crater Tsiolkovsky taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This is a view of the large crater Tsiolkovsky as photographed by the astronauts during the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission, looking east toward the lunar horizon. Tsiolkovsky is approximately 150 statute miles in diameter. It was first identified and named by the Russians from photographs taken by their unmanned Luna III spacecraft. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
|
View of lunar surface taken
…
| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
View of the lunar surface as photographed from the Apollo 8 spacecraft. Zero-phase bright spot. With near vertical sun illumination, topographical detail is washed out and differences in surface brightness are acentuated. the numerous small bright-halo craters become conspicuous. A few larger craters have extremely bright inner walls that are commonly streaked by darker material. The bright glow near the conspicuous bright-walled crater is a halo that surrounds the position of the spacecraft shadow. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
|
View of lunar surface taken
…
| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
View of the lunar surface taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft looking southward from high altitude across the Southern Sea. The bright-rayed crater near the horizon is located near 130 degrees east longitude and 70 degrees south latitude. The dark floored crater near the middle of the right side of the photograph is about 70 kilometers (45 statute miles) in diameter. Both features are beyond the eastern limb of the moon as viewed from earth, neither has a name. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
|
View of lunar surface taken
…
| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This Apollo 8 photograph is a view looking south toward the lunar horizon. The bright-rayed crater in the foreground is located at approximately 30 degrees south latitude and 110 degrees east longitude on the farside of the moon. This is another example of a bright-rayed crater which the astronauts photographed during the mission. This type of feature readily stands out in the Apollo 8 photographs because it was photographed at a high sun angle. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
|
View of lunar surface taken
…
| Title |
View of lunar surface taken from Apollo 8 spacecraft |
| Description |
This near-vertical photograph from the Apollo 8 spacecraft covers an area of approximately 50 x 50 statute miles within a 250 statute mile in diameter crater on the lunar farside. The center of this large crater is located at about 157 degrees west longitude and 4 degrees south latitude. The large crater in the center of the picture is about 20 statute miles in diameter. |
| Date |
12.24.1968 |
|
|
