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Eugene Cernan or Thomas Stafford

The CM Charlie Brown in lunar orbit, first spacecraft photographed over another world

Apollo 10, May 18-26, 1969, orbit 12, 098:17:12 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 [NASA AS10-27-3856]

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Eugene Cernan

The Command Module Charlie Brown over the farside lunar horizon

Apollo 10, May 18-26, 1969, orbit 12

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA / North American Rockwell) [NASA AS10-27-3873]
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Schick and Van Haaften, p. 63; Light, plate 106; Thomas, p. 177.

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Zürich, Kunsthaus, Salzburg, Museum der Moderne, Fly me to the Moon, March-June 2019 and July- November 2019; exhibition catalogue, p. 62, no. 32, illustrated.

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This photograph was taken through the 80mm lens showing the farside horizon in the background.

098:13:06 Cernan (Snoopy): Get the Hasselblad, Tom, I’ll catch him when we come around.
098:13:08 Stafford (Snoopy): OK, I’ve already got the thing out of it. [...]
98:14:44 Stafford (Snoopy): This is wild, Gene-o. We’ve never seen anything like this before.
098:14:52 Young (Charlie Brown): Pitch up. And get me out your front window. [...]
098:16:00 Cernan (Snoopy): Got him out there?
098:16:01 Stafford (Snoopy): Yes.
098:16:02 Cernan (Snoopy): Oh, beautiful. I can’t see him from here, but if I can’t...
098:16:11 Stafford (Snoopy): I’m trying to match you, John. Should I be upside down to you, babe?
098:16:15 Cernan (Snoopy): No, this is good.
98:16:26 Cernan (Snoopy): Don’t tell me this damned thing isn’t working again. God damn it.
098:16:27 Stafford (Snoopy): You can take off your helmets and gloves. [...]
098:17:07 Stafford (Snoopy): OK. Did you get it?
098:17:12 Cernan (Snoopy): They say f:8, but he’s awful bright out there.

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The reflective nature of the outer layer of the Command Module can be seen in this photograph taken from the LM with the Sun directly above. The view is looking east over the lunar farside between craters Saha and Saenger. The lunar surface is reflected as light tones, and the dark portion mirrors the blackness of outer space.

098:17:24 Stafford (Snoopy): You’re out a little bit too far. I’ll try to thrust in a little bit, but I - it really offsets me in pitch, as you can see. Can you thrust toward me?
098:17:35 Young (Charlie Brown): Roger, I’m thrusting towards you.
098:17:39 Stafford (Snoopy): Man, that fuel is going down like mad, too.
098:17:59 Stafford (Snoopy): I’ll take care of the up and down, John.
098:18:21 Cernan (Snoopy): Take some at f:8 and f - oh, you’re putting that up there. Taking you, John, babe, you’re a weird-looking machine.