Stuart Roosa

The LM Antares in lunar orbit preparing for the descent to the surface

Apollo 14, January 31 - February 9, 1971, orbit 12

Three unreleased photographs, vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in) and with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS14-74-10206, AS14-74-10207, AS14-74-10208” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, each with three filing holes in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

Jacobs, p.96 (third photograph).

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Stuart Roosa captured these superb images of the lander against the dark void of space as it drifted away from the Command Module.

“From some angles, the irregularly shaped LM could achieve a certain doily-like symmetry. The dark circle at the center of the roof is the docking port, where the nose of the command module would connect, allowing a tunnel to be opened between the two ships,” explains author Jeffrey Kluger. “On one of the LM’s legs, the ladder that astronauts Al Shepard and Ed Mitchell would later climb down to the lunar surface is visible” (http://time.com/unseen-apollo/).

103:48:48 Roosa (Kitty Hawk): Okay. Boy, you look mighty pretty out there.
103:48:57 Mitchell (Antares): And starting the pitchup.