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[http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Halfway LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Halfway%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Halfway Apollo Images]<br /> According to the online ''ALSJ'' (''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal'') Apollo 16's ''Hasselblad'' photograph [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-109-17769 AS16-109-17769] shows an unnamed crater immediately south of '''Halfway'''.<br /> The description from the ALSJ's Apollo 16 Image Library:<br /> - Traverse photo taken on the way to Station 1. An examination of Figure 6-15 in the ''Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report'' indicates that this picture shows an unnamed crater immediately south of '''Halfway''' Crater. Note the tell-tale dimple crater in the south rim. Note, also, the footprints at the front of the Rover, a clear indication that they stopped so that one of them could get off and take a look at the crater.<br /> The Project Apollo Archive's Hi-Res scan of the above mentioned photograph: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a16/AS16-109-17769.jpg AS16-109-17769-HR].<br /> Additional research: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | [http://www.lpod.org/coppermine/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=Halfway LPOD Photo Gallery] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/lunar_orbiter/bin/srch_nam.shtml?Halfway%7C0 Lunar Orbiter Images] [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/search/feature/?feature=Halfway Apollo Images]<br /> According to the online ''ALSJ'' (''Apollo Lunar Surface Journal'') Apollo 16's ''Hasselblad'' photograph [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/resources/apollo/frame/?AS16-109-17769 AS16-109-17769] shows an unnamed crater immediately south of '''Halfway'''.<br /> The description from the ALSJ's Apollo 16 Image Library:<br /> - Traverse photo taken on the way to Station 1. An examination of Figure 6-15 in the ''Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report'' indicates that this picture shows an unnamed crater immediately south of '''Halfway''' Crater. Note the tell-tale dimple crater in the south rim. Note, also, the footprints at the front of the Rover, a clear indication that they stopped so that one of them could get off and take a look at the crater.<br /> The Project Apollo Archive's Hi-Res scan of the above mentioned photograph: [http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/alsj/a16/AS16-109-17769.jpg AS16-109-17769-HR].<br /> Additional research: Danny Caes<br /> <br /> | ||
Latest revision as of 01:51, 16 April 2018
Contents
Halfway (Apollo 16 site craterlet name)
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Lat: 9.0°S, Long: 15.5°E, Diam: 0 km, Depth: km, Rükl: 45 |
Apollo 16 Site Traverses Chart
Images
LPOD Photo Gallery Lunar Orbiter Images Apollo Images
According to the online ALSJ (Apollo Lunar Surface Journal) Apollo 16's Hasselblad photograph AS16-109-17769 shows an unnamed crater immediately south of Halfway.
The description from the ALSJ's Apollo 16 Image Library:
- Traverse photo taken on the way to Station 1. An examination of Figure 6-15 in the Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report indicates that this picture shows an unnamed crater immediately south of Halfway Crater. Note the tell-tale dimple crater in the south rim. Note, also, the footprints at the front of the Rover, a clear indication that they stopped so that one of them could get off and take a look at the crater.
The Project Apollo Archive's Hi-Res scan of the above mentioned photograph: AS16-109-17769-HR.
Additional research: Danny Caes
Maps
(LAC zone 78D2) LAC map Geologic map LM map LTO map Topophotomap
Description
The Landing Site Name "Halfway" is plotted on Site Traverses chart 78D2/S2 .
Description: Wikipedia
(no Wikipedia page for Apollo 16's craterlet Halfway).
Additional Information
Nomenclature
Astronaut-named feature, Apollo 16 site.
LPOD Articles
Bibliography
David M. Harland: EXPLORING THE MOON, the Apollo expeditions.
Eric M. Jones: APOLLO LUNAR SURFACE JOURNAL (ALSJ).
