File:AS10-34-5013 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Earth view from 36, 000 nautical miles - NARA - 16681939.jpg

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AS10-34-5013 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Earth view from 36, 000 nautical miles (

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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. 2/17/1973-

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AS10-34-5013 - Apollo 10 - Apollo 10 Mission image - Earth view from 36, 000 nautical miles

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Description: View of the Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the Moon. While the Yucatan Peninsula is obscured by clouds, nearly all of Mexico north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec can be clearly delineated. The Gulf of California and Baja California and the San Joaquin Valley can be easily identified. Also, the delta of the Rio Grande River and the Texas coast are visible. Note the color differences (greens - east, browns - west) along the 100 degrees meridian. The crew members on Apollo 10 are astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander; John W. Young, command module pilot; and Eugene E. Cernan, lunar module pilot. Astronaut Young remained in lunar orbit, in the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Charlie Brown", while astronauts Stafford and Cernan descended to within nine miles of the lunar surface, in the Lunar Module (LM) "Snoopy". Image was taken of translunar coast during the Apollo 10 mission. Film magazine was M,film type was SO-368 with 80mm lens. Film type was 70mm color.

Subject Terms: Apollo 10 Flight, Earth Observation (From Space), Texas, California, Peninsulas, Valleys, River Basins, Mexico, Astronauts, Modules, Lunar Modules

Categories: Earth Observations

Original: Film - 70MM CT

Interior_Exterior: Exterior

Ground_Orbit: On-orbit

Date

1967 – 1972

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National Archives and Records Administration

	Native name	National Archives and Records Administration
	Parent institution	Federal Government of the United States
	Location	Washington, D.C. (headquarters), and many regional facilities and presidential libraries nationwide in the USA
	Coordinates	38° 53′ 34″ N, 77° 01′ 23″ W
	Established	19 June 1934
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	Authority file	: Q518155 VIAF: 132254586 ISNI: 0000000121603036 ULAN: 500263780 LCCN: n84176101 NLA: 35718998 WorldCat

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Record group: Record Group 255: Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (National Archives Identifier: 582)
Series: Photographs of the Apollo Space Program (National Archives Identifier: 12000210)
File unit: Apollo 10 - AS10-27-3855 through AS10-35-5290 (National Archives Identifier: 16643663)

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original catalog description

The original database describes this as: Description: View of the Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its trans-lunar journey toward the Moon. While the Yucatan Peninsula is obscured by clouds, nearly all of Mexico north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec can be clearly delineated. The Gulf of California and Baja California and the San Joaquin Valley can be easily identified. Also, the delta of the Rio Grande River and the Texas coast are visible. Note the color differences (greens - east, browns - west) along the 100 degrees meridian. The crew members on Apollo 10 are astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander; John W. Young, command module pilot; and Eugene E. Cernan, lunar module pilot. Astronaut Young remained in lunar orbit, in the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Charlie Brown", while astronauts Stafford and Cernan descended to within nine miles of the lunar surface, in the Lunar Module (LM) "Snoopy". Image was taken of translunar coast during the Apollo 10 mission. Film magazine was M,film type was SO-368 with 80mm lens. Film type was 70mm color. Subject Terms: Apollo 10 Flight, Earth Observation (From Space), Texas, California, Peninsulas, Valleys, River Basins, Mexico, Astronauts, Modules, Lunar Modules Categories: Earth Observations Original: Film - 70MM CT Interior_Exterior: Exterior Ground_Orbit: On-orbit (English)

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reference URL: https://dp.la/item/6fb179c4a9ab5bae96bc59d5987a86fa

publisher: Digital Public Library of America

retrieved: 18 July 2023