Docking the Mother Ship
Photograph
Docking the Mother Ship
Project Moon Progresses
1963
Gelatin silver print
Image: 8 15/16 × 5 3/4 in. (22.7 × 14.6 cm)
Paper: 10 1/8 × 8 in. (25.7 × 20.3 cm)
Gift of Time-Life Books
1968.0184.0482
Inscriptions Type printed with negative L: (Moon Progress) 2/63 11) [inscribed in black ink] DOCKING THE MOTHER SHIP: Crewmen practice locking their small "bug" capsule into \ the cone of the mother space ship while orbiting around the moon. Safely earthbound in Baltimore, this \ orbital rendezvous simulator trains spacemen in one of the most crucial and difficult operations of a moon \ landing. Once the moon has been explored, astronauts climb aboard the "bug" located atop their lunar landing \ vehicle, blast off and connect at a pinpoint in space with the mother ship at a speed of 5,000 m. p .h. \ Credit: Elliott Erwitt © 1963 MAGNUM Photos
