The Continuity Guideby Martin Willey
The Continuity GuideA number of real NASA photographs are seen.
In The Last Sunset, Koenig and Victor inspect photos of the Moon taken by the Lunar Orbiter missions of 1966-67.
Astronaut David Scott leaving the Apollo 9 Command Module for an EVA (6th March 1969). NASA reference AS09-20-3064
The Apollo 9 Lunar Module "Spider" in lunar landing configuration (7th March 1969). NASA reference AS09-21-3215
These Apollo 9 photos are seen as posters in Baxter's quarters in End Of Eternity, and in the lab in Dragon's Domain.
This shot was taken by the Apollo 11 astronauts from a distance of 10,000km on their way back to Earth on July 22 1969 (NASA photo id AS11-44-6665). The dark round area in the centre is the Mare Crisium, with the Mare Fecunditatis, Mare Tranquillitatis and Mare Serenitatis adjacent to it. Seen from Earth, these features are on the north-east face of the Moon.
This shot is used extensively in SFX shots. More details
Taken by the crew of Apollo 11, 16th July 1969, about 10,000 nautical miles from Earth. Portions of North and Central America are visible under swirling clouds.
A blue monochrome version of this shot is used as Planet D in Brian The Brain and Sunim in Matter Of Balance.
Other NASA shots of Earth, from the ATS-3 satellite in 1967, Apollo 11, Apollo 16 and Apollo 17 were used to represent Earth and alien planets for SFX shots. More details
The departing Skylab 2's final fly-around inspection on June 22 1973. The single solar panel and parasol solar shield, rigged to replace the missing micro-meteoroid shield (damaged during launch), can be seen.
Ring Around The Moon, a small photo of Skylab can be seen on Victor's noticeboard
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