Communications Breakthrough

Communications Breakthrough

Photograph

Elliott Erwitt

Maker
American, b. France, 1928–2023

Communications Breakthrough

Project Moon Progresses


1963
Gelatin silver print
Image: 7 11/16 × 7 7/16 in. (19.5 × 18.9 cm)
Paper: 10 1/8 × 8 in. (25.7 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0478
Inscriptions Type printed with negative BC: (Moon Progress) 2/63 7) COMMUNICATIONS BREAKTHROUGH: The radio blackout between earth and astronauts during \ the intense heat of the re-entry period has long troubled spacemen. Now, this newly discovered electron beam, \ acting as an antenna, may solve the problem by cutting through the blazing heat shield. Credit: Elliott Erwitt \ © 1963 MAGNUM Photos
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