Now that we cross our fingers that the next attempt artemis releases be the definitive one, it is inevitable to remember the first human trips to the moon. Millions of people around the world watched on television as Neil Armstrong took that first small big step. And those of us who couldn’t see it live have browsed lots of Photographs after. The problem is that they did not have exactly a great resolution. It is not for less, neither the time nor the place were the most favorable to obtain high resolution images. However, one of NASA’s top digital restoration experts, Andy Saundershas endeavored to correct them little by little until obtaining some remastered snapshots that give us a much clearer idea of what happened in the missions of the Apollo program.
Own charlie dukeone of the astronauts who traveled to the Moon in the apollo 16has declared that what is seen in the photographs is practically what he remembers seeing through his eyes. Therefore, we ourselves can travel to our satellite thanks to the images of Saunders.
All of them can be seen in his book Apollo Remastered, Just published by Penguin Publishing. However, we can start with this little snack.
An impressive difference
One of the photos of the book that Saunders has made public is this one in which the image of Buzz Aldrin, excited about landing on the Moon on Apollo 11, before and after the remaster. Not only does it have an infinitely better color, but all the details are seen perfectly.
The first selfie from space
Today the selfie They have almost become our daily life. But in the past they were also made, especially on special occasions. And there are few things more special than being one of the first humans to set foot on the Moon. That’s why, Buzz Aldrin This photograph was taken, in which we can also see reflected in the visor of his helmet a small portion of the space that opened up around him.
Double photo on the Moon
Russell Schweickart and David Scott conducted a series of rehearsals prior to the trip to the Moon aboard the apollo 9. In these previous missions, interesting photographs were also taken, such as this one, in which Schweickart can be seen with Scott reflected in his helmet. It is seen that the helmets of the astronauts were a good resource to make the photographs more interesting.
The souvenirs that did not return
The Apollo missions traveled to the Moon with a large number of objectsfrom a fragment of one of the Wright brothers’ planes to tree seeds, passing through a flag and a commemorative plaque to hand out among the countries that gave their support to the NASA mission.
Most of those objects returned to Earth. However, some did stay there. Some of them, like a photograph of the charlie duke familycan also be seen in the images remastered by Saunders.
A beautiful landscape of the Moon
The apollo 17 He was the last to travel to the Moon. In this mission they took a beautiful image of the selenite landscape whose remastering reveals the details perfectly.
To see more, we will have to get hold of Saunders’ book. Of course, if this is the appetizer, among its pages there must be real gems.