Through the Eyepiece… The Moon

Presenting a crystal clear picture of the next target in the Space Race – the moon.

This magnificent presentation of lunar geography was published in 1963 by the Space and Information Systems Division of North American Aviation, Inc. Stunning photographs of the moon’s surface, the best publicly available at that point, are provided courtesy of the University of California’s Lick Observatory. Hundreds (309, to be exact) of geographic features are labeled according to agreed scientific conventions, explained further via descriptive text on the verso.

An impressive display of available data issued during the height of the Space Race.