NASA's Apollo photography

By Russell Brandom Dec 23, 2013, 1:09pm EST

Apollo 4 shot 713 nearly identical photos of the Earth as it passed by the capsule's window.
Commander Walter M. Schirra aboard Apollo 7
Apollo 9 was the first live test of the complete spacecraft, including the lunar lander
Early Apollo photographs include hundreds of cloud studies taken in orbit
Russell L. Schweickart testing the Apollo 9 spacesuit, the first suit with an independent life support system
Buzz Aldrin aboard Apollo 11
The first moonwalk photos, including exterior details of the lunar lander
The collection contains a massive quantity of lunar survey photos, taken from lunar orbit and from the moon's surface
Apollo 13's makeshift CO2 scrubber, assembled from duct tape and spare parts
Astronauts brought a wide variety of scientific equipment, including a gamma-ray spectrometer, a retroreflector array, and a passive seismic experiment package
Photos from Apollo 17, the last manned mission to the moon