A Vivid Look Into The Apollo Era

July 10, 2009

It's always great to come across images from historical events that you've never seen before. We've all seen the iconic fuzzy freeze frame of Neil Armstrong's "One Small Step," we've also seen Buzz Aldrin with the US flag on the lunar surface. Also, who can forget the picture of Armstrong just after his first moonwalk inside the lunar module, Tranquility Base.

So today, @NASA_HSF pointed me in the direction of a new set of Apollo images posted on the photo sharing site Flickr. The famous pictures are all present and looking undeniably sharp (Flickr seems to have that effect on photos), but there's a huge number of fascinating images that rarely see the light of day. Have a look at the Apollo gallery, you will be impressed...

Image: "Interior of the Apollo Lunar Module Mission Simulator (LMMS) at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) during Apollo 9 simulation training. In the foreground is astronaut James A. McDivitt, prime crew commander; and in background is astronaut Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot." --from NASA_HSF on Flickr