#OTD 1969. Apollo 9.
Such is the resolution, once enhanced, the tiny 0.6mm dot on this half-century old film frame reveals the Saturn V 3rd stage (S-IVB) as it is remotely fired into an orbit around the Sun.
McDivitt: ‘It's just like a bright star disappearing into the distance.’
Such is the resolution, once enhanced, the tiny 0.6mm dot on this half-century old film frame reveals the Saturn V 3rd stage (S-IVB) as it is remotely fired into an orbit around the Sun.
McDivitt: ‘It's just like a bright star disappearing into the distance.’
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