Apollo 17 Discovery of Orange Soil

Discovery of orange soil on the moon by astronaut Jack Schmitt (with Gene Cernan) during the Apollo 17 mission. Large panorama assembled with individual pictures of the lunar rover TV camera. The pixel resolution of TV camera is very low and numerous parts of the panorama are re-constructed with stamp tool.

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Orange soil :

Gemini IX-A launch (June 1966)

The mission was flown June 3-6, 1966 by backup command pilot Thomas P. Stafford and pilot Eugene Cernan. The astronauts rendezvoused with the Augmented Target Docking Adaptor. Panorama extracted from 16mm tower camera.

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