[Photograph 2012.201.B1200.0154]
Description:
Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Traveling at almost 25,000 miles per hour, the Apollo 4 spacecraft command module heatshield ablator is confronted with searing temperatures of about 4,500 degrees. These are anticipated speeds and temperatures on return from a lunar mission. Inside the module, it will be no more than 80 degrees for the astronauts. These modules are produced for NASA in Downey, Calif."
Date:
October 10, 1967
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