Painting, Brushed Ink on Paper

Ink drawing on paper. A View From a Console, 22 April 1972. A page from a spiral-bound sketchbook. Two rectangles against a dark blue and black background depict screens at the Network Operations Control Center. The TV screen on the left shows two astronauts, one in the foreground and one in the background. The rectangle on the right is a green map of the moon with details drawn in brown. Text in the lower left corner reads: "Apollo 16 / EVA II / 22 April 72 / Goddard Spaceflight Center / TV of the moon on the left and graphic display of the path of the command module orbiting above…on the right. Former landing sites are noted…and the white star marks "Orion's" position on the lunar surface." Text in the lower right reads: "A view from a console inside the Network Operations Control Center."