Remembering the Space Age. - Black Vault Radio Network (BVRN)

exaMINING the ICONIC aND reDISCOVerING the phOtOGraphY Of 339
SpaCe expLOratION IN CONtext tO the hIStOrY Of phOtOGraphY
• Earth and the Moon rising above the irregular horizon line of the frst
asteroid to be explored by humans
• astronauts (not waving) by their lander (in low angled or backlit sunlight)
on the surface of the frst asteroid to be explored by humans
• self-portrait of the frst 21st century astronauts—with their lander amid
lunar hills, mountains, boot and wire-rim tire tracks—to have landed on
the surface of the Moon since apollo 17’s December 1972 exploration
• time exposed image from the lunar surface—during the two-week lunar
night—of lunar surface geography and the stars above
• defning photograph from a northwest position—in low angled sunlight
from the east— by the frst astronauts to visit (but not enter) apollo 11’s
tranquility base landing site
• frst Chinese astronauts, by their fag and lander, to land on the Moon
• a series of black-and-white images—in flm—made with a space hardened
Leica by the frst crew to inhabit the frst lunar outpost created on the
surface of the Moon
• a series of available light “self” portraits (without fash) of the frst crew
heading to Mars: one set made just as they pass the Moon; the second made
half way in their journey; the third made 24 hours or less before they set
out to frst land on the surface; the fourth made during the frst eVa on the
surface of Mars by humans
• astronauts on the surface of Mars by just-discovered evidence of actual or
recent water fow
• frst astronauts (on the surface of Mars) at the location of the frst discovered
evidence of either life forms or fossilized life forms
• the frst en route interstellar probe’s imagery of its intended destination of
a nearby star system and some of its planets