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List of artists and illustrators in the ACIC Lunar Mapping Group
List of artists and illustrators in the ACIC Lunar Mapping Group

Illustrators Paul Rodriguez and Jay Inge create strips, called "gores," for a lunar map.
Illustrators Paul Rodriguez and Jay Inge create strips (“gores”) that they later assembled to form a globe of the Moon.

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For several years Bob Maulfair served as the full-time photographer in Lowell’s ACIC office. He is shown here at the 24-inch Clark Telescope.

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Astronaut Jim Lovell imprints his hand in concrete, 1963

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Frank Borman smiles after imprinting his hand in concrete

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Astronaut John Young looks at lunar maps at Lowell Observatory, 1963 (note the poster in the background)

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Illustrator Pat Bridges explains to astronaut Pete Conrad how she uses an airbrush for depicting lunar features

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Ed White peers through a pocket stereoscope to examine a lunar image while fellow astronaut Frank Borman looks on.

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The astronauts examined maps of both the Moon and Mars to learn how to interpret geological and topographic features. Here, Lowell astronomer E.C. Slipher uses a pen to point out features on a Mars map as astronauts Tom Stafford (left) and Neil…

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Astronauts John Young and Tom Stafford looking at maps at Lowell Observatory, 1963
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