Apollo VII-XVII
Revised and Extended EditionThe bestselling book where it began. The Apollo astronauts were some of the best photographers of our time, and this is the book their photographs deserve, from Apollo 7 to Apollo 17.
Apollo’s story, told by the astronauts.
Between 1968 and 1972, the crews of Apollo 7 to Apollo 17 brought home more than 27,000 photographs from Earth orbit, lunar orbit and the surface of the Moon. Apollo VII-XVII, now in a revised and extended edition, tells the story of the programme in the pictures they made, restored from scans of the original 70mm film.
The photographs the world knows are here, and so are frames from deep in NASA’s archives that had never been put into print before, chosen for their photographic merit rather than their scientific or historical value. It is a celebration of a very particular group of photographers: the Apollo astronauts.
Two of them open the book. Walt Cunningham of Apollo 7 and Rusty Schweickart, lunar module pilot on Apollo 9, share what it was like to train for, fly and photograph the missions, and a chapter on the cameras shows how they were modified for space and how the crews learned to use them.
By Floris Heyne, Joel Meter, Simon Phillipson and Delano Steenmeijer. With a foreword by Rusty Schweickart of Apollo 9, and an essay by Walter Cunningham of Apollo 7 on how the crews trained to photograph in space. Reviewed by CNN, TIME, BBC Sky at Night Magazine and The Planetary Society, among others.
- Publisher
- teNeues
- First published
- 2016
- This edition
- August 2025, Revised and Extended Edition
- Pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardcover, 27 × 27 cm
- ISBN
- 978-3-96171-706-4
From the astronauts who flew the missions
“No photograph can capture the silence, the scale, the awe. But these come close.”
“We trained with the Hasselblad camera for two years prior to our first Apollo launch. We used it at home and in our office but we also carried it with us when flying our T-38s around the country.”
The book follows the programme mission by mission, from the first crewed flight of Apollo 7 to the last landing of Apollo 17. Tap a mission to see its photographs in the shop.
What is in the book?
The Apollo missions from Apollo 7 to Apollo 17 in the photographs the astronauts made, chosen from more than 27,000 frames in NASA’s archives. It has a foreword by Rusty Schweickart of Apollo 9, an essay by Walt Cunningham of Apollo 7 and a chapter on the Apollo cameras.
Can I buy the photographs from the book as prints?
Yes. Photographs from Apollo VII-XVII are in this shop as framed prints, photo art prints and phone cases, printed from the files we restored for the book.
Where can I buy the book?
From the publisher, gestalten, or from your bookshop.
