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Lot #5340
Apollo 15 Roll of SIMBAY Film

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Roll of negatives of the lunar surface taken by the panoramic camera in the Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) Bay of the Apollo 15 CSM, in its original canister measuring 10˝ tall and 6.25˝ in diameter, housing a continuous negative strip approximately 50-feet in length. In fine condition, with wear and rusting to the canister. This film was directly reproduced from the original negatives taken in space by the 24-inch-focal-length Itek camera carried in the CSM SIM Bay, which were retrieved by Al Worden during an EVA prior to reentry. These high-resolution lunar panoramas were used to improve NASA's lunar maps.

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