NASA has released high res film scans from every Apollo mission!

[progressoid]

The gallery contains all of the incredible photos taken during each of the missions — from Apollo 1 all the way through Apollo 17 — with some 1,000+ photos from Apollo 11 alone.

The archive, officially the Apollo Image Gallery, was put together by the Project Apollo Archive by scanning photographs provided by the NASA History Office, Kennedy Space Center and Johnson Space Center.

Since all of these images were taken by NASA astronauts in the course of duty, they’re all Public Domain and free for you to browse through, download, share and use to your heart’s content.

...http://petapixel.com/2013/07/21/check-out-these-hi-res-hasselblad-film-scans-from-every-single-apollo-mission/

You may have to wait a few days to view them though. Apparently their server has been overwhelmed.

The Apollo Image Gallery is unavailable for the immediate future due to server overload.
Access will be restored in coming days once the publicity generated by the petapixel.com article subsides.

http://www.apolloarchive.com/apollo_gallery.html

They are really taking this faking the moon landings thing to the next level!

[arcane1]

1. YES!!!!

[Sherman A1]

2. Thanks for Posting.

Cool!

[railsback]

3. Server overload

People dig this shit

[East Coast Pirate]

16. I believe that's a 1202 alarm.

[tridim]

4. It took so long because NASA was waiting for photoshop to be invented.

Obviously.

Thanks for posting these.

[lastlib]

5. (um, I don't think Apollo 1 astronauts took any pictures in space......

...they were all killed on the launch-pad.....just sayin'. The first manned Apollo flight was Apollo 7.)

[TrogL]

8. They might have pictures of the burned capsule

[tclambert]

11. They have a picture of the Apollo 1 astronauts during a training exercise.

[BlueJazz]

6. A Ha!...You notice in those pics that there are no stars ! NO STARS !

Solid proof that stars don't show up @ 1/2000 sec.

[tclambert]

10. And that picture of the Earth--Where's the giant turtle?

They obviously blacked out the giant turtle. That's why there are no stars. QED.

[Javaman]

7. My eyes get a little misty looking at those photos.

How far we have fallen.

[D Gary Grady]

13. From D-Day to Apollo 11 in 25 years

In 1994 there were two historical commemorations I recall: 50 years since Allied forces invaded France to start the final drive against Hitler on June 6, 1944 and 25 years since American astronauts landed on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.

From the beaches of Normandy to the Sea of Tranquility in just 25 years.

In that same interval we passed the GI Bill (vastly expanding college education), the Civil Rights Act, and the Voting Rights Act, and we created Medicare and Medicaid. At the same time we slashed the ratio of the national debt to GDP by more than 2/3.

There have certainly been notable accomplishments since 1969 and by not means everything in the 1944-1996 period was positive.

But from the beaches of Normandy to the Sea of Tranquility, plus Medicare, Medicaid, the Civil Rights era, and the GI Bill, all in just 25 years. Wow.

[Javaman]

14. That is an amazing perspective.

I never thought if it that way.

Now I'm really depressed.

[LastDemocratInSC]

17. Astronaut Ken Mattingly of the Apollo era has an interesting take on that

Astronaut Ken Matting, the command module pilot on Apollo 16, and later a shuttle commander, commented some years ago that the nation succeeded in the way you mention ... from WW2 to Apollo ... because the nation had been through a crucible-like experience and everyone had learned how to work together toward an important national goal. He said that the doubted the nation could do that again (his comments were made in the mid-90s, I believe) because we have lost that shared sense of duty and a willingness to sacrifice for each other.

He also had an interesting take on the Apollo era in general - he said it's as if the nation pulled a decade out of the mid 21st century and inserted it into the decade that was the 1960s. He said the things that were accomplished during Apollo in that decade were stunning accomplishments that probably would not have been otherwise accomplished until many decades later.

An example is the 2rd stage of the Saturn 5 launcher. When North American Aviation got that contract to build the stage, they had no idea how to manufacture some of its major structural components. They invented huge milling machines that could turn and shape the components. They were pulling the future into the present out of necessity.

[ThoughtCriminal]

25. When Apollo 11 landed on the Moon

Charles Lindbergh's trans-Atlantic flight was a more recent event than Apollo 11 is today.

Which is not to say we didn't have other accomplishments since then, but the 20th century was quite a ride.

[awoke_in_2003]

9. Can't wait to get them. nt

[RT Atlanta]

12. The photos are beautiful

FYI - Apollo Archive has been up for years - it's put together by a spaceflight enthusiast who has scanned all the images himself and put many up in high res.

[progressoid]

19. wow, that's quite a job!

I wonder how he got access to them?

[Posteritatis]

21. Probably physical access to the archives; they're public documents. (nt)

[progressoid]

23. jakeXT posted this info below...

Procedure for scanning the film

All the original Apollo film can be found in the Film Archive (Building 8) at Johnson Space Center (JSC). Due to the importance in preserving these films, the original film is not allowed to leave the building.

The film is stored in a freezer (0° F), which is located in a large refrigerator that is maintained at 55° F. The staff at JSC has a rigorous procedure for removing film from the freezer for scanning or making copies.

1. The sealed film canister is transferred from the freezer to the refrigerator where it is allowed to equilibrate for 24 hours.

2. The sealed canister is then removed from the refrigerator and placed in a room temperature environment and allowed to equilibrate for an additional 24 hours.

3. The film is then removed from the canister, hand cleaned (see below) and scanned.

4. The film is placed back in the canister, sealed, and then placed back in the cold vault.

More:
http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/ABOUT_SCANS/

[Kablooie]

15. The site is down from overload. They say it will be back up in a few days.

[drm604]

18. K&R

I love this stuff. Why did we stop, or at least slow down so much, in our explorations? This was good for the country in so many ways, including economically.

So much of our modern world exists because of the innovations made during the 60's and early 70's space program. Why kind of world would we live in today if we had continued? By all rights, we should be getting regular tweets from our Moon base and be able to access live webcams and view the phases of the Earth.

[MADem]

20. One word--Republicans.

They have no vision.

[jakeXT]

22. Fresh from the fridge ?

Procedure for scanning the film

All the original Apollo film can be found in the Film Archive (Building 8) at Johnson Space Center (JSC). Due to the importance in preserving these films, the original film is not allowed to leave the building.

The film is stored in a freezer (0° F), which is located in a large refrigerator that is maintained at 55° F. The staff at JSC has a rigorous procedure for removing film from the freezer for scanning or making copies.

The sealed film canister is transferred from the freezer to the refrigerator where it is allowed to equilibrate for 24 hours.

The sealed canister is then removed from the refrigerator and placed in a room temperature environment and allowed to equilibrate for an additional 24 hours.

The film is then removed from the canister, hand cleaned (see below) and scanned.

The film is placed back in the canister, sealed, and then placed back in the cold vault.

http://apollo.sese.asu.edu/ABOUT_SCANS/index.html

[progressoid]

24. Thanks for that info.

Having done quite a bit of (not as sophisticated) scanning myself, I'm quite impressed. That's pretty great.