Live From the Moon!
The picture may have been grainy, but it was some of the most riveting TV of the 1960s.
- By Mary McKillop
- AirSpaceMag.com, July 19, 2010
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Sam Russell, courtesy "Live TV From the Moon"
Yes, it's a fake moonwalk, but don’t get too excited; the photo is clearly identified as a test scene. Sam Russell, the RCA Project Engineer for Apollo 15, 16, and 17, created lunar surface models like this to assist in conducting color tests of the TV camera. After the successful broadcasts from Apollo 10, NASA was keen to make sure the world could watch as man made his first step on the moon on Apollo 11. The first transmissions from the lunar surface were in black & white, however, while broadcasts from the command module were in color.
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Comments (3)
Very nice work, Mary.
Posted by Kay Gutierrez on July 23,2010 | 07:33 AM
John Young and Gene Cernan on Apollo 17? This photo is mislabeled! It's either Charlie Duke or Jack Schmidt. Jack Schmidt if this is Apollo 17 with Gene Cernan. EDITORS' REPLY: You're right! We will research it and fix it. Thank you.
Posted by Frederick Slavin on December 27,2010 | 10:20 AM
Hi Mary -
Those posters are absolutely the greatest!
Hope you get to make many more!
Bill in Milton-Freewater
Posted by Bill Howard on July 20,2011 | 05:34 PM