Launch Closeup 1

Title

Launch Closeup 1

Subject

Launch

Description

Full color photograph of the Apollo 15/Saturn V rocket blasting off from the launch pad. Roughly 00:00:00 in mission time.

Creator

NASA

Source

Apollo 15 Map and Image Library

Date

July 26, 1971

Rights

Public Domain

Relation

https://history.nasa.gov/afj/ap15fj/01launch_to_earth_orbit.html

Format

Still Image

Identifier

Primary Sources

Coverage

Launch

UUID

0fa7f083-2164-4c41-ab1e-fcd36a44d4eb

Original Format

Still Image, color. Film camera.

Physical Dimensions

1822 x 2732

Timestamp

00:00:00

Image URL

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/ap15-71-HC-977HR.jpg

Source URL

https://www.hq.nasa.gov/alsj/a15/images15.html

Location of subject

Cape Canaveral

NASA Image ID

ap15-71-HC-977

Collection

Innovation

Citation

NASA, “Launch Closeup 1,” The Apollo 15 Learning Hub, accessed July 4, 2025, https://apollo15hub.org/items/show/68.

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