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APOLLO 17

INDEX

70 mm, 35 mm, and 16 mm

PHOTOGRAPHS

MAY 1974

                                                          MAPPING SCIENCES BRANCH

                                                       EARTH OBSERVATONS DIVISION

                                           SCIENCE AND APPLICATIONS DIRECTORATE

                                                National Aeronautics and Space Administration

                                         LYNDON B. JOHNSON SPACE CENTER

                                                        Houston, Texas

APOLLO 17

INDEX

70 mm, 35 MM, AND 16 MM

PHOTOGRAPHS

Mapping Sciences Branch

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Johnson Space Center

Houston, Texas

APPROVED: ________________________________

                                                Michael C. McEwen

                                                Lunar Screening and Indexing Group

                                                                   May 1974

PREFACE

Indexing of Apollo 17 photographs was performed at the Defense Mapping Agency

Aerospace Center under the direction of Charles Miller, NASA Program Manager,

Aerospace Charting   Branch.  Editing was performed by Lockheed Electronics

Company, Houston Aerospace Division, Image Analysis and Cartography Section,

under the direction of F.W. Solomon, Chief.

APOLLO 17

INDEX

70 mm, 35 mm, AND 16 mm

PHOTOGRAPHS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

                                                                                                          Page

INTRODUCTION    1

SOURCES OF INFORMATION   13

INDEX OF 16 mm FILM STRIPS   15

INDEX OF 70 mm AND 35 mm PHOTOGRAPHS

          Listed by NASA Photograph Number

                   Magazine  J,   AS17-133-20193  to 20375   19

                   Magazine  B,  AS17-134-20376 to 20532 24

                   Magazine  G,  AS17-135-20533 to 20679 28

                   Magazine  H,  AS17-136-20680 to 20865 32

                   Magazine  C,  AS17-137-20866 to 21027 37

                   Magazine  I,   AS17-138-21028  to 21184   42

                   Magazine  K,  AS17-139-21185  to 21350 46

                   Magazine  E,  AS17-140-21351  to 21509 51

                   Magazine  L,  AS17-141-21510  to 21668 55

                   Magazine  M,  AS17-142-21669  to 21833 ... 59

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                   Magazine  N,  AS17-143-21834  to 21982    64

                   Magazine  R,  AS17-144-21983  to 22132   68

                   Magazine  D,  AS17-145-22133  to 22288   72

                   Magazine  F,  AS17-146-22289  to 22450   76

                   Magazine  A,  AS17-147-22451  to 22606    81

                   Magazine NN, AS17-148-22607 to 22775    85

                   Magazine KK, AS17-149-22776 to 22941    90

                   Magazine LL,  AS17-150-22942  to 23105   95

                   Magazine OO, AS17-151-23106  to 23269 100

                   Magazine  PP, AS17-152-23270  to 23420 105

                   Magazine MM,AS17-153-23421  to 23593 109

                   Magazine QQ, AS17-154-23421  to 23593 114

                   Magazine RR,  AS17-155-23690  to 23776 117

                   Magazine UU,  AS17-156-23777  to 23816 120

                   Magazine VV,  AS17-157-23817  to 23862F ..  121

                   Magazine WW,AS17-158-23863  to 23903  123

                   Magazine XX,  AS17-159-23904  to 23945 125

                   Magazine YY,  AS17-160-23946  to 23997 127

                   Magazine  ZZ,  AS17-161-23998  to 24034 129

                   Magazine  SS,  AS17-162-24035  to 24106 . 130

                   Magazine  TT,  AS17-163-24107  to 24180 . 132

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                   Orbital Photographs Listed by Longitude . 135

                   Lunar Surface Photographs Listed Chronologically . 179

LIST OF TABLES

Table                                                                                                           Page

   1              Summary of Apollo 17  70mm Film Magazines                             6

   2              Summary of Apollo 17  35mm Film Magazines                             8

   3              Apollo 17 Film Types                                                                  9

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure                                                                                                          Page

   1              Apollo 17 Lunar /surface Traverses                                             10

   2              Apollo 17 Orbit Track                                                                 11

APOLLO 17 INDEX

70 mm, 35 mm, AND 16 mm PHOTOGRAPHS

INTRODUCTION

          This index lists and provides supplemental data for all Apollo 17 70 mm, 35 mm, and 16 mm

photographs.  The 70 mm and 35 mm photographs are indexed in three ways:  (1) all photographs are

listed in numerical sequence according the NASA photograph number, (2) photographs exposed in

lunar orbit are listed according to longitude in 10º increments, and (3)  all photographs exposed on the

lunar surface are listed in chronological order. 

            In indexing the 70 mm and 35 mm orbital photographs, individual frames were matched to

imagery on the 1:2,750,000 scale Lunar Planning Charts (LOC).  Each frame was outlined on the LOC

base map, and the principal point determined.  The latitude and longitude of each principal point, to

the nearest 0.1 degree, is recorded in this index.  If the principal point of a photograph is in space or its

location obscured by shadow, an approximate longitude was recorded so that the photograph would

not be excluded from the computer-generated listing by longitude.

            Each frame is described in terms of a named lunar surface feature within the boundaries of the frame or, if no features are within the frame boundaries, a major nearby feature.

            The revolution on which each photograph was exposed was determined primarily from the transcript of spacecraft-to-ground communications.

                        Camera azimuth, which is the direction from the camera to the principal point of the photograph, was determined graphically.  The intersection of the azimuth line with the spacecraft groundtrack of the revolution on which the photograph was taken indicated spacecraft position at that time.  Spacecraft trajectory data were then used to determine spacecraft altitude, and the altitude, spacecraft position, and principal point location in turn were used to calculate camera tilt.

            Spacecraft altitude, rounded to the nearest kilometer, is relative to an assumed lunar radius of 1738 km; where the local lunar radius differs from that figure actual spacecraft altitude differs from the value reported.

            Although camera tilt and azimuth are expressed in one degree increments, errors may be as much as several degrees.

            Sun elevation is in degrees above local horizontal at the principal point of the photograph, and is rounded to the nearest degree.

Sample Numbers

            In the Lunar Receiving Laboratory, each Apollo 17 sample has been assigned a five digit number, the first digit of which is always “7”; the “7” has been dropped from the sample numbers in this index.  Where a series of samples is included in one photograph, four digits may be recorded for the first one, and only the last two digits of subsequent samples.  (for example, samples 72215, 72220, 72235, 72240 ictured in frame AS17-138-21018 are reported as samples 2215, 20, 35, 40   The Apollo 17 Lunar Sample Information Catalog (MSC document number 03211, April 1973) contains descriptions of the samples.

Cameras

            In the Command Module (CM), one 70 mm camera was used with interchangeable 80 mm and 250 mm lenses.  Both lenses were used for both operational and scientific documentation.  A single 35 mm camera with 55 mm lens was also used in the CM for both scientific and operational purposes.  The CM 16 mm movie camera was equipped with 10 mm, 18 mm, and 75 mm lenses.  To document some spacecraft maneuvers, the 16 mm camera was mounted on a bracket, and mirror was used to view the Earth and lunar surface.  The 16 mm movie camera was attached to the Command Module sextant (combined effective focal length is about 229 mm) to document some navigational operations, and was also used in this mode for telephoto views of lunar surface features selected by the Command Module Pilot, and for views of the Earth and Moon during trans-earth coast.

            Three 70 mm camera were stowed in the Lunar Module (LM) and used on the lunar surface.  Two of the cameras were equipped with 60 mm lenses and the third with a 500 mm lens; all three contained reseau plates.  One lunar surface camera with 60 mm lens was returned to the CM and was used to photograph the lunar surface from orbit during and subsequent to revolution 52.  A 16 mm movie camera with 10 mm lens was used in the LM to document operational procedures.

Related Information

            Photographs exposed in the Apollo 17 panoramic and mapping cameras are indexed in a document similar to this one, the Apollo 17 Index of Mapping Camera and Panoramic Camera Photographs (JSC document number 08640, November 1973).  All photographs of the lunar surface from the orbiting CM and LM are plotted on 1:5,500,000 scale lunar maps in the Apollo Mission 17 Lunar Photography Index Maps (November 1973).  Additional summary information my be found in the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report (NASA SP-330,1973).

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

            The descriptions of photographs taken on the lunar surface, and the chronological listing of photographs taken on the lunar surface are from the United States Geological Survey, Interagency Report:  Astrogeology 70 (January 1973).  Lunar surface traverse locations in figure 1 were furnished by the Lunar Field Geology Investigation Team, U.S. Geology Survey.

TABLE 1.  SUMMARY OF APOLLO 17  70-MM FILM MAGAZINES

TABLE  2.  SUMMARY OF APOLLO 17 35-MM FILM MAGAZINES.

TABLE 3. APOLLO 17 FILM TYPES

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

1.                    Apollo 17 Flight Plan

2.                    Apollo 17 Operational Cameras, Facts, Do’s, Don’ts

3.                    Apollo 17 Lunar Surface Procedures

4.                    Spacecraft Operational Trajectory for Apollo 17 (Pre-Mission)

5.                    Apollo 17 Near-Real Time Trajectory Support Parameters

6.                    Apollo 17 Technical Air-To-Ground Voice Transcription

7.                    Apollo 17 Command Module On-Board Annotated Flight Plan

8.                    Copy of CMP On-Board Annotated Flight Plan

9.                    U.S. Geological Survey, Interagency Report:  Astrogeology 70, Preliminary Catalog of Pictures Taken on the Lunar Surface During the Apollo 17 Mission.

10.                Lunar Orbiter Photographs

11.                70 mm Photographs from Previous Apollo Missions

12.                Apollo 17 Panoramic and Mapping Camera Photographs

13.                Lunar Orbital Science flight Chart (LSF) Scale 1:2,750,000

14.                Atlas and Gazeteer of the Near Side of the Moon, MSC, 1971.

15.                Lunar Equatorial Zone Mosaic (LEMC), 1:2,500,000

16.         Apollo 17 CSM Lunar Landmark Maps

17.         Apollo 17 CSM Launch Checklist

18.         Apollo 17 CSM Experiment/EVA Checklist

19.         Apollo 17 LM Activation Checklist

20.         Apollo 17 LM Lunar Surface Checklist

21.         Apollo 17 Spacecraft Operational Trajectory (MSC-07197)

APOLLO 17

INDEX OF 16 MM FILM STRIPS