Unseen pictures of Apollo program (18 PHOTOS)

(ORDO NEWS) — Recently, a fundraising campaign was launched on the Internet for one interesting project. A group of Russian engineers and space enthusiasts intends to launch a satellite into lunar orbit in order to photograph the traces of astronauts, American Apollo spacecraft and Soviet Lunokhods that are (or not) on the lunar surface.

For the implementation of the project, according to a group of enthusiasts, it takes only 14,320.00 United States Dollars (1 million rubles).

Meanwhile, NASA published 8,000 of the previously unseen snapshot of the Apollo program, which took place in the 1960s and 1970s. Today we’ll see some of them.

18 photos of Apollo 9

1. The Apollo 9 program. The ship made the first test flight in full configuration (command and lunar modules), during the preparation of expeditions to the moon. The picture shows the Earth. o Archive | Nasa):

2. The Apollo 9 program: in orbit of the Earth. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

3. The Apollo 9 program: in orbit of the Earth. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

4. The Apollo 12 program. During the flight in 1969, people for the second time in history landed on the surface of another celestial body – the Moon. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

5. “Apollo 16”. It was the tenth manned flight under the Apollo program, which took place on April 16–27, 1972. The fifth landing on the moon (April 21) and the first landing in the highlands, on a plateau near Descartes Crater. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

6. On the Moon: Apollo 12 Program. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

7. On the Moon: Apollo 12 Program. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

8. The Apollo 16 Program. Highlands near Descartes Crater on the Moon. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

9. The Apollo 11 program. During it, a manned spaceship of the Apollo series, for the first time in history, Earth inhabitants landed on the surface of another celestial body – the Moon. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

10. “Apollo 15” – the ninth manned spacecraft under the Apollo program, the fourth landing of people on the moon. Here, the crew first used the lunar car, having driven it a total of 27.9 km. It was collected and then delivered to Earth 77 kilograms of lunar soil samples. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

11. Inside the ship: Apollo 12 program. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

12. Landing: Apollo 12 program. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

13. “Apollo 17”. It was a spaceship on which the 11th and last manned flight in the framework of the Apollo program took place, during which the sixth landing of people on the moon was carried out. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

14. “Apollo 17”. The astronauts remained on the moon for a little over three days, 74 hours 59 minutes 40 seconds. During this time, they made three exits from the ship with a total duration of 22 hours 3 minutes 57 seconds. 110.5 kg of lunar rock samples were collected and brought to Earth. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

15. Apollo 9: test flight in full configuration (command and lunar modules). (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

16. The program “Apollo 17”. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

17. The program “Apollo 13”. Of the manned ships flying to the moon, the only one on which a serious accident occurred in flight. As a result of this accident, landing on the moon became impossible, and the life of the crew itself was in jeopardy. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

18. “Apollo 10”. The manned spacecraft made the final (before performing the main task) test flight to the moon in full (command and lunar modules) configuration, during the preparation of expeditions to the moon. (Photo by Project Apollo Archive | Nasa):

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