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Ken Mattingly

An almost entire view of the nearly full Planet Earth

Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972, 003:36:00 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “AS16-118-18880” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso

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John Young, Ken Mattingly or Charles Duke

The Planet Earth

Apollo 16, April 16-27, 1972, 004:14:00 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak
Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS16-118-18885” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, with three filing holes in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Light, plate 117; Chaikin, Voices, p. 170.

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Most of North America and Central America is clearly visible in this awesome sight of a nearly
full Earth taken “about one hour after translunar injection” (NASA caption) before extraction of the LM from the SIVB third stage.

The Earth is almost fully illuminated by the Sun with the terminator appearing to the right.

Apollo 17 was the only manned mission to photograph an entire view of the full Planet Earth.

003:36:00 Public Affairs Officer (Mission control): This is Apollo Control, Houston, at 3 hours, 36 minutes Ground Elapsed Time. We presently show Apollo 16 at a distance of 8,997 nautical miles [16,662 km] away from the Earth. Velocity now reading 18,818 feet [5,736 m] per second. Very little conversation with the crew at this time as they are in the process of removing the tunnel hatch and going through their check list prior to separation and ejection of the Lunar Module.

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This superb photograph of the whole Earth centered over the United States was taken with
the 80mm lens from a distance of about 14,000 nautical miles following extraction of the LM from the spent SIVB third stage which was maneuvered away from the hard docked CSM and LM on command from Mission Control in Houston.
“The SIVB continued along the modified trajectory to impact on the lunar surface” (NASA SP-315, p. 4.4).

004:07:44 Mattingly: Houston, Casper is out of his bag; and we got the S-IVB in the window. [...]
004:10:23 Fullerton (Mission control): The S-IVB maneuver - attitude maneuver is in progress now.
004:10:32 Mattingly: Roger. We can see it maneuvering. [...]
004:14:00 Public Affairs Officer (Mission Control): Apollo Control, Houston. [...] We now show Apollo 16 at a distance of 14,416 nautical miles [26,698 km], velocity now reads 15,543 feet [4,737 m] per second. [...]
004:16:59 Mattingly: We got another spectacular view of the Earth down here. The polar ice cap. We can see the whole sphere, and the United States is absolutely spectacular.

“The Earth is the most beautiful sight in space, with all its colors of lands, seas, and clouds. Looking at it against the blackness of space was almost a religious experience for me.”
Charles Duke (National Geographic, December 1972, p. 865)

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