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Apollo Lunar Planning Chart (LOC-2). Prepared under the direction of the Department of Defense by the Aeronautical Chart and Information Center, United States Air Force, for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. [St. Louis:] USAF, July 1969



Lithographed chart (29 x 49 in.; 737 x 1245 mm, scale 1:2,500,000).

One of the most detailed lunar charts ever published, signed by a member from each Apollo lunar landing mission. This remarkable chart labels all prominent craters and other features near the landing sites. It is inscribed and signed by six astronauts: "First Lunar Landing, Tranquillity Base, Buzz Aldrin, July 20, 1969"; "Ocean of Storms, Alan Bean, Apollo XII LMP, Nov. '69";  "Fra Mauro Base, Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14, Feb. '71"; "Hadley Rille, Apollo 15, Dave Scott, Jul/Aug 1971"; "Descartes/Cayley Plains, Charles M. Duke Jr., Apollo 16, April 1972"; "Valley of Taurus Littrow, Gene Cernan, Apollo XVII, Dec. 72."