1972 Lithograph "APOLLO 16 LIFTOFF" [Saturn V & Swamp Tree]
1972 Lithograph "APOLLO 16 LIFTOFF" [Saturn V & Swamp Tree] is a vintage Lithographs / Prints artifact by NASA / U.S. Government Printing Office from 1972, preserved in The Record Institute Ephemera Archive.
Category: Lithographs / Prints
Brand: NASA / U.S. Government Printing Office
Year: 1972
Rarity Class: C
This official 1972 NASA photolithograph documents the thunderous ascent of Apollo 16, humanity's penultimate mission to the lunar surface. Framed by a gnarled dead tree in the foreground, the image provides a striking juxtaposition between the untamed Florida marshland and the apex of 20th-century aerospace engineering.
Quick Read
Subject: Liftoff of the Apollo 16 Saturn V rocket from Kennedy Space Center. Mission Date: April 16, 1972 (explicitly detailed on the reverse down to the millisecond). Crew: John W. Young, Thomas K. Mattingly II, Charles M. Duke, Jr. Publisher: NASA / U.S. Government Printing Office (Imprint 1972—779-250/7, MSCL-87). Condition: Good, with a notable brown smudge on the front lower left margin and m
Summary
This official 1972 NASA photolithograph documents the thunderous ascent of Apollo 16, humanity's penultimate mission to the lunar surface. Framed by a gnarled dead tree in the foreground, the image provides a striking juxtaposition between the untamed Florida marshland and the apex of 20th-century aerospace engineering.
