[APOLLO 17] ROLL OUT. VINTAGE NASA "RED NUMBER" PHOTOGRAPH, 28 AUGUST 1972.

The Vintage NASA Photo Collection of Philip Kulpa

[APOLLO 17] 

ROLL OUT. 28 AUGUST 1972.

Vintage NASA “Red Number” chromogenic color photograph, 10 by 8 inches, “A Kodak Paper” watermark, press captions printed in purple to verso. NASA image ID “NASA S-72-48729” printed in upper left margin in red; minor toning.

An incredible ground-level view of the massive Apollo 17 launch vehicle on its way to Pad A, Launch Complex 39, at Kennedy Space Center. In the present image the Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower are atop a mammoth crawler-transporter.