posted 10-03-2019 08:59 PM               

Andy Saunders, a property developer from England, said that he used photo enhancing technology used by astronomers and hours of hard work to clean up the image. Aldrin is seen smiling at the camera being held by Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface.

posted 10-03-2019 09:06 PM               

The visibility of Buzz Aldrin's face has been known about for years; it is well documented and has been shown in numerous "enhanced" and "non-enhanced" images. For example, from the Apollo Lunar Surface Journal:

Journal Contributors Owen Merrick, Brian McInall, and Markus Mehring call attention to the fact that, in the high-resolution detail by Thomas Schwagmeier, we can see Buzz peering over at Neil. In 5874 Buzz is facing the flag and saluting; but, by the time Neil takes 5875, Buzz has turned his body slightly — and his head a great deal more — to look over to see if Neil has taken the picture, possibly having lowered his right hand in the interim.

Normally, the high reflectivity of the gold visor would keep us from seeing Buzz's face but, as Mehring notes, in this case "his face is directly illuminated by the sunlight from the front and at a right angle to the observer's point of view, so it literally shines through the visor, especially because he's sticking his head forward. At different viewing and illumination angles and with his head deeper inside the helmet and less brightly illuminated, reflections off of the visor that would wash out anything behind it. But in this case we're lucky."

posted 10-04-2019 04:52 PM               

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Originally posted by Blackarrow:
In other news...

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posted 10-05-2019 01:05 PM               

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Originally posted by Robert Pearlman:
This is a good example of what happens when an enthusiast with probably good intentions attracts the attention of journalists (also probably with good intentions), and neither do their research first.

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posted 10-05-2019 08:56 PM            

After a while, I learned to only get news like this from respectable space websites (such as collectSPACE) that know what they are talking about and not from the news media. False information like this is reported quite frequently.

posted 10-25-2019 01:06 PM               

As I expressed to him privately, my reaction was based on the news coverage of his work, which I think did him and his images a disservice. Rather than focus on his reasons for reprocessing the Armstrong and Aldrin imagery, many of the articles relied on superlatives and hyped claims to attract readers.

posted 01-20-2020 03:22 PM               

High-definition images of Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin standing on the surface of the Moon were released Monday on the occasion of Aldrin's 90th birthday.

Andy Saunders, a property developer from England, worked with "Apollo 11" documentary archive producer Stephen Slater to create the high-def transfers of existing images, showing new detail of Aldrin's face, enhanced color and additional clarity.

"This is the moment one of the most iconic ever photographs is taken, it's of Buzz Aldrin saluting the U.S. flag," Saunders said in an email to Fox News. "[Apollo 11] gave me the opportunity to actually lift 13 separate frames which could be stacked to improve the signal/noise ratio and push the processing as hard as possible to reveal some terrific detail. You can even clearly see Neil [Armstrong] holding the camera the moment the infamous photograph is taken."

posted 04-10-2020 08:39 PM               

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 13 mission, a panoramic high-definition image of astronaut Fred Haise napping in the "lifeboat" Lunar Module has been produced...

The panoramic image, which was produced by photography specialist Andy Saunders, attempts to provide an insight into what Lovell saw as he surveyed the Lunar Module. "Step into the boots of Commander Jim Lovell (hand, left) as he keeps watch over his ship and crew as they try to rest in the cold, dark Lunar Module 'lifeboat'," said Saunders, a property developer in the U.K., in a statement emailed to Fox News.

posted 04-11-2020 10:59 AM               

Step on-board Apollo 13! Restored image consisting of 1,000 separate samples from x36, 16mm film frames.

Commander Lovell (hand, left) keeps watch over his ship and resting crew: Haise, and Swigert (curled up in the storage area). The CO2 filter is in-situ (left).

posted 04-11-2020 05:54 PM               

This article considers the utilization of modern image processing and enhancement to determine the impact of the catastrophic failure of Cryogenic Oxygen Tank 2, and it's subsequent impact on Bay 4 and critical systems on Apollo 13. The analysis also aims to aid visualization and identify key components of the damaged Service Module.