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Topic: March to the Moon (NASA/ASU image archive)
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Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-10-2012 09:12 AM
   
Arizona State University (ASU) release ASU, NASA unveil Project Gemini Online Digital ArchiveOn Jan. 6, the NASA Johnson Space Center and the School of Earth and Space Exploration unveiled the Project Gemini Online Digital Archive. The archive contains the first high-resolution digital scans of the original Gemini flight films, now available in several formats. Project Gemini (1964-1966) was the second U.S. human spaceflight program, after Project Mercury (1960-1963). The overarching goal was to test systems and operations critical to the Apollo program (1961-1975), conceived with the purpose of "landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth". The LROC Featured Image discusses Gemini's specific goals and "firsts" from the mission. In May of 2011, a team of scientists led by professor Mark Robinson commemorated Project Mercury with digital image archive. You can read the details of the process here. Also visit the ASU Project Mercury digital scan archive, and the Apollo archive. 
Credit: NASA/JSC/Arizona State University |
MarylandSpace
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posted 01-10-2012 02:45 PM
I feel like a kid in a candy store looking at these images. |
heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-10-2012 02:52 PM
Excellent resource! Now on to Skylab and ASTP. |
Fezman92
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From: New Jersey, USA
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 01-10-2012 02:55 PM
Very cool. |
BBlatcher
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From: Savannah, GA, USA
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted 01-10-2012 03:06 PM
Is there a similar archive for Apollo? |
Glint
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From: New Windsor, Maryland USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 01-10-2012 03:39 PM
quote:
Originally posted by BBlatcher:
Is there a similar archive for Apollo?
See third paragraph of original post, above.  |
mooncollector
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From: Alabama, USA
Registered: Feb 2011
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posted 01-10-2012 06:16 PM
I have waited a LOOOOOOONNNNGGGG time for this! Much downloading tonight! |
BBlatcher
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From: Savannah, GA, USA
Registered: Aug 2011
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posted 01-10-2012 08:00 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Glint:
See third paragraph of original post, above.
That's not a very complete collection, was hoping for something more. |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-10-2012 08:07 PM
The Apollo handheld camera film was scanned and posted online prior to the ASU effort. See the Project Apollo Archive under "Full Hasselblad Magazines." |
DChudwin
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From: Lincolnshire IL USA
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 01-10-2012 08:09 PM
The archive contains the first high-resolution digital scans of the original Gemini flight films, now available in several formats. There are some neat "movies" produced from the stills that can be seen here. |
Skylon
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posted 01-10-2012 08:19 PM
The resolution is amazing! I can actually make out one of the Gemini 7 crew through their window (as taken by Gemini 6). |
spaced out
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From: Paris, France
Registered: Aug 2003
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posted 01-11-2012 03:13 AM
You might have missed this thread. |
space1
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From: Danville, Ohio
Registered: Dec 2002
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posted 01-11-2012 06:16 AM
I had never noticed before that in S65-63172 you can see the upper half of Borman's face as he moves close to the window. His face is framed by the Optical Sight, used for rendezvous and docking (similar in function to the Apollo COAS). |
Glint
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From: New Windsor, Maryland USA
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 01-11-2012 11:46 AM
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Originally posted by BBlatcher:
That's not a very complete collection, was hoping for something more.
I agree. Hopefully it will be improved and expanded. |
rpjost
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posted 01-11-2012 11:53 AM
For those who might be interested, in the Gemini Digital Archive under Gemini 9A, there are two images showing umbilicals but with hidden treasures. S66-38513 has an image of a rear view mirror that shows Cernan near the back of the craft. I believe it's near the upper right corner. Image S66-38518 has another image of Cernan in the mirror. Images must be cropped and enlarged. I never saw the mirror before on any mission. Enjoy. |
Robert Pearlman
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From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 01-11-2012 11:59 AM
The rear view mirror was also recently discussed as part of Ed Hengeveld's Space History Photo of the Week. |
heng44
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From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-12-2012 02:22 AM
Of course I am very happy with the effort by NASA and the Arizona State University to make the Mercury and Gemini onboard photography available. But I find it amusing that "a team of scientists led by ASU Professor Mark Robinson" has been doing exactly the same work that I have been doing over the past few months in my attic here in The Netherlands.In fact, similar work on the Apollo onboard photography has been done in the past by Kipp Teague of the Apollo Archive website. And I must also mention the tireless scanning work by J.L. Pickering to make available the images covering preflight, launch, landing and postflight of the early space missions. The raw Mercury and Gemini scans are available online through the National Archives website. I have downloaded these and have been working on processing them one by one for several months. I have completed Gemini 8, 9 and 12 and a large part of Gemini 6. This involved work to improve the visual quality of the images by adjusting the contrast and enhancing the colors. A simple Photoshop procedure, although a number of the images did need individual "hand processing" and thus took longer. Exactly as the ASU website states. Personally, I find some of my results are of better quality than the ASU efforts, so I'll probably continue my efforts to process the rest of the onboard photos. But I must add that I am very pleased that the ASU archive also contains the 35mm film, which is not included in the scans from the National Archives. Now I can only hope that the Skylab and ASTP onboard photos will also be made available in the near future. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3207
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 01-12-2012 04:19 AM
Great to see all the Mercury and Gemini photos in high-resolution. I think the best way to display in-flight photos is by magazine, as was done with the Hasselblad photos in the Apollo Image Gallery and the Apollo Image Atlas. The best webpage design I have seen for displaying in-flight photos has to be the Apollo Image Atlas, even though those are low-res photos. You can see all the magazine thumbnails on the same page. |
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