a16_v_bw_o_n (unnumbered, ca. 1972 RCA photo)

            RCA artist’s concept, possibly depicting Apollo 16 Commander John Young tending to the Ground Commanded Television Assembly (GCTA), manufactured by RCA. 
The identification as Apollo 16 is based on a much more knowledgeable source’s identification as such. The terrain in the background should be a clue, but it really isn’t. I originally thought it was Apollo 15, with an undersized St. George crater on the slope of Mons Hadley Delta. Frankly, the Apollo 16 landing site, other than having relief, is not particularly distinguishable, so I suppose maybe that’s Stone Mountain in the background. But, I don’t recall a conspicuous single crater like that on it. The background could also loosely pass for Taurus-Littrow I guess. That ‘mountain’ being one of the Massifs, but again, that lone crater throws that off. Realistically, I bet the artist wasn’t even trying to represent whatever landing site it is. It’s the television camera and its related equipment that mattered in this depiction.

Other than that ambiguity, it’s really a very nice work by Rudy Baum, apparently/possibly an RCA artist.
   

Taken on: August 13, 2021

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Radio Corporation of America

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Reaction Control System thrusters

Steerable S-Band Antenna

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Portable Life Support System

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High Gain Antenna

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Lunar Communications Relay Unit

GCTA

Ground Commanded Television Assembly

RCA

Rudy Baum

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Sets appears in: • Apollo: Conceptual, Artistic & Developmental • Apollo 15 more » • Apollo 16 • Apollo 17 « less

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