A Fender Made From Maps

‘Call me the little old fender maker,’ Cernan said, as he built this from maps, tape and clamps borrowed from the cabin lights.

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Format
Size Measured across the glaze. The photograph sits inside a white mount.
Square · Size guide
Frame colour Black
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AS17-137-20979Photo code
12 December 1972Date taken
Apollo 17Mission
SquareFrame shape
Apollo VII-XVIIAs published in

The right rear wheel of the Rover with its replacement fender, photographed on 12 December 1972 during the second moonwalk. On the first day Cernan's hammer had caught under the fender and torn off its rear extension. ‘Caught it with my hammer, and it just popped right off,’ he said. Following a procedure John Young read up from Houston, Cernan taped two maps together into a sheet of 15 by 10½ inches (38 by 27 cm) and fixed it with clamps from the lunar module's utility lights. It held until the last drive of the final moonwalk.

The clamps sit along the edge of the maps like clothes pegs. A mesh wheel, a pale patch of taped sheets clamped over its top, the red fender above and a suited crewman seated at the upper right. Paperwork, put to better use.

Size, frame and mount

Each of our frame sizes is measured across the glaze, the clear acrylic front of the frame.

MOUNT 1.5 in / 3.8 cm
Glaze size12 × 12 in30 × 30 cm
Mount1.5 in all round3.8 cm
Photograph9 × 9 in22.5 × 22.5 cm
Frame depth7/8 in2.2 cm
Frame colours
Frame and mount
7/8 in22 mm 3/16 in5 mm 11/16 in17 mm 3/4 in20 mm FRONT
Depth from wall7/8 in (22 mm)
Face width3/4 in (20 mm)
Rebate width3/16 in (5 mm)
Rebate depth11/16 in (17 mm)
Woodsustainably sourced, satin finish
Mountsnow white, 3/32 in (2.4 mm), conservation grade, acid-free
GlazePerspex acrylic
Backhook fitted, ready to hang

Why Perspex. We use high quality Perspex, as clear as glass, so you see the photograph exactly as it should look. It is also light and shatter resistant, so it protects the photograph, arrives safely wherever you are, and keeps even the largest frame easy to hang. Museum glass with UV protection costs a great deal more, and we would rather keep our prints at a price more people can enjoy. Prefer glass? Ask us.

Size guide
Made to order, where and how

Every print is made for you when you place an order, so we stay in control of every step, from the file we restored for the book to the finished print. Our studios in the US, the UK, the EU and Australia each print for their own region.

Framed prints are giclée printed on fine art paper, set in an acid free white mount behind acrylic glazing, and framed in sustainably sourced wood with a smooth satin finish.

Delivery and returns

Free shipping worldwide, insured and tracked.

1. Made for you. Your print is made to order and ready for the courier within 24 to 96 hours.

2. On its way. Delivery then usually takes:

  • United Kingdom: 1 to 3 working days
  • United States: 1 to 5 working days
  • Europe: 1 to 10 working days
  • Rest of the world: 2 to 15 working days

You get a tracking link by email as soon as it leaves the studio. Need it by a certain date? Get in touch and we will check what is possible.

Returns. Every print is made for you, so we cannot take returns for a change of mind. Damaged in transit, or not what you expected? Email us photographs of it and the packaging within 30 days and we will put it right.

Delivery
Our most asked questions
How are these different from other NASA and space prints?

Most NASA and space prints online come from old, low resolution press release images, recycled across the internet. Ours start from NASA’s scans of the original film and its processed mission images, restored from scratch with the latest tools. They are the same high quality restorations that feature in our bestselling books.

Is the size the frame or the photograph?

Neither. It is the glaze, the clear Perspex at the front of the frame. The photograph sits inside a mount, so it is smaller: a 20 × 20 in glaze holds a 16 × 16 in photograph. The frame is 7/8 in (22 mm) deep.

Does it arrive ready to hang?

Yes. The hanging hardware is already fitted to the back: a cobra hook on frames up to about 27.5 × 39.4 in (70 × 100 cm), and a sawtooth hanger on larger frames. A screw or a nail in the wall is all you need.

How do you print them?

Framed prints are giclée printed on fine art paper, then mounted and framed by hand. Photo art prints are printed on 240gsm lustre photo paper with a satin finish, right to the edge. Both are printed from the files we restored for the books.

What are the estimated delivery times?

A framed print leaves our studio within 24 to 96 hours, a photo art print within 24 to 72 hours. After that, delivery usually takes:

  • United States: 1 to 5 working days
  • United Kingdom: 1 to 3 working days
  • Europe: 1 to 10 working days
  • Rest of the world: 2 to 15 working days

These are usual times rather than guarantees, and parcels often arrive sooner.

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Restored from the filmHow they were restored
A Fender Made From Maps before restoration
A Fender Made From Maps after restoration
BeforeAfter · restored

Frame by frame

Most of these photographs were taken in space, often through pressure gloves, in raw sunlight with no atmosphere to soften it, in extreme heat and cold, and on the Moon among the dust. The film flew home inside the spacecraft. Others were taken here on Earth, at the launch pad or in the lab, and developed like any other roll of film.

All of them have been copied many times since, so the versions you find online continue to carry the dust, scratches and heavy grain. We start from NASA’s highest resolution film scans and image data, remove the dust and scratches, keep the film's natural grain and bring back the tone and colour, without adding anything that was never there.

Drag to compare the photograph before restoration with the restored print. On a phone, tap to compare.

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Restored for the books

Many space prints online are made from old, low quality copies. Ours are made from the files we restored for our books, cleaned up frame by frame. No airbrushing, nothing added: we keep it true to the original.

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Made to order

Each print is made for you when you place an order, in our studios in the US, the UK, the EU and Australia. No prints sitting around gathering dust.

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No surprises at the door

Prints for the US, the UK, the EU and Australia are made in that region, so they never cross a border. Faster delivery, and no import fees to pay when it arrives.

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Free shipping worldwide

Prints are insured and tracked all the way to your door, for extra peace of mind.

As published inAbout the book
Apollo VII-XVII, Revised and Extended Edition, front cover

Apollo VII-XVII

Revised and Extended Edition, teNeues, 2025. The photograph was researched and restored for the book.