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1960: Gerard Peter Kuiper (1905-1973): Photographic Lunar Atlas - A classic large scale atlas with four telescopic photos of each part of the Moon; the most heavily used of all photo atlases of the Moon. Most photos are from the large Yerkes, Macdonald and Mt Wilson telescopes. Offered for $600 in 1998.
1960: S Miyamoto & A Hattori: Photographic Atlas of the Moon (Contributions Inst. of Astrophysics and Kwasan Observatory, Univ. of Kyoto). A small atlas of the Moon appeared the same year as Kuiper's massive collection. The Kuiper Atlas contain more photos at larger scale and better resolution, but this handheld atlas is much more convenient to use. A second edition with 142 prints was published in 1964 as Contribution #137..
1961:
RJ Hackmann & AC Mason:
Engineer Special Study Map of the Surface of the Moon. US Geological
Survey Map I-351. Demonstrated that geologic mapping of the Moon was possible
and productive.
1961: Ernst E Both: A History of Lunar Studies - Obscure booklet documenting previous maps and books of the Moon - a much more complete listing than this one!
1961 Gilbert A Fielder: Structure of the Moon's Surface - Summary of understanding of the Moon at the beginning of the space age.
1961: J Klepesta & LJ Lukes: Map of the Moon. A wondrous 1:5 million drawing of the Moon from the start of the Space Age. Deserves republication!
1961: NP Barabashov, AA Mikhailov & Yn Lipskiy: Atlas of the Other Side of the Moon - Historic first pictures of the far side of the Moon were of poor quality and incorrectly interpreted, but a stunning achievement. $35 in 1998.
1962, Apr.: Ranger 4 - first and still only contact with farside (but meant to hit nearside!) (C)
1962: Zdenek Kopal: Physics and Astronomy of the Moon. A conference report bringing together the old guard of lunar studies and the new.
1962: Eugene Merle Shoemaker (1928-1997): "Interpretation of Lunar Craters" in Z Kopal (editor) Physics and Astronomy of the Moon - Breakthrough understanding of the physics of impact craters, based partially on nuclear craters, and detailed analysis of lunar crater Copernicus. Published in excellent pre-Apollo technical survey of the Moon.
1962: EM Shoemaker & RJ Hackman: "Stratigraphic basis for a lunar time scale" in Z Kopal & ZK Mikhailov (editors) The Moon. The foundation of all geologic mapping of Moon and other planets and satellites in the solar system.
1962: EM Shoemaker, RJ Hackman & RE Eggleton: "Interplanetary correlation of geologic time" in Advances in the Astronautical Sciences 8, New York. Third landmark Shoemaker paper of 1962, applied geologic time correlation methods to Moon.
1962: RJ Hackman: Geologic Map of the Kepler Region of the Moon.. US Geological Survey Map I-355. First of a long series of USGS maps of the Moon and since then all solid planets and moons visited by spacecraft.
1962:
William
K Hartmann & Gerard Peter Kuiper: "Concentric Structures Surrounding
Lunar Basins". Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Lab., Tucson.
Discovery of the multi-ring structure of impact basins, one of the most
fundamental features of the Moon.
1962: AV Markov (editor): The Moon: A Russian Viev- Soviet view of lunar science at the beginning of the space age - bizarre and largely wrong. $12.50 in 1998.
1963: RB Baldwin: The Measure of the Moon- An updating of terrestrial impact craters and more Moon data, but much less bold than The Face of the Moon.
1963 Dinsmore Alter: Pictorial Guide to the Moon - A nice collection of photos and pictorial illustrations of how a given lunar region changes in appearance throughout the month. Sold $13.50 in 1997; $18 and $14 in 1998.
1963: EA Whitaker, GP Kuiper, WK Hartmann & LH Spradley: Rectified Lunar Atlas - A unique and magical atlas showing the Moon as it would be seen from overhead, but made before the flight of the first Lunar Orbiter.
1963: P Maffei: Carte Lunari di Ieri e di Oggi. Istituto Geografico Militare - Firenze. A history of lunar mapping.
1963: Benton Moon Globe: William Benton sculpted a lifelike lunar globe 21-5/8" (one inch to one hundred miles) in diameter. The globe (front side only) contained 5000 features and took 5250 hours to make. Benton apparently lived in Baltimore, but I have no knowledge of where the globe is now located. Information from "The Making of a Model Moon" by William R. Benton in Journal of the International Lunar Society 2, 124-129; 1963.
1963-6: DWG Arthur, Alice Agnieray, Ruth Horvath, CA Wood, CR Chapman: The System of Lunar Craters, Parts I, II, III, IV. Communications of Lunar and Planetary Lab, Tucson. The first comprehensive catalog of lunar crater diameters, positions and morphology.
1964, July: Ranger 7 - finally a successful US crash landing probe
that returned 4,308 real-time high resolution photos of Mare Cognitum (C)
1964: JW Salisbury & P Glaser (editors): The Lunar Surface Layer - Materials and Characteristics - Pre- soft lander theoretical studies and speculations of lunar soils, including a masterfully wrong article by Thomas Gold; printed from typed pages - ugliest book on this list.
1964: P Fauth: Mondatlas, Bremen. A large detailed atlas with details lovingly drawn by hand; published decades too late to be anything other than a curiosity.
1964: JF McCauley: "The stratigraphy of the Mare Orientale region of the Moon" in Astrogeology Studies Annual program Report, Aug. 1962-July 1963. Flagstaff. First detailed mapping of a lunar basin made possible by Lunar Orbiter images.
1965, Feb.: Ranger 8 - 7,137 high resolution photos of Mare Tranquillitatis (C)
1965, Mar.: Ranger 9 - 5,814 high resolution photos of Alphonsus (C)
1965, July: Zond 3 - 25 better photos of the farside (F)
1965: RB Baldwin: A Fundamental Survey of the Moon - a concise paperback (with an ugly cover) summarizing Baldwin's nearly always correct views of craters origins.
1965: Z Kopal, J Klepesta & TW Rackham: Photographic Atlas of the Moon - Good collection (but oddly arranged) of high resolution lunar photos from terrestrial telescopes and Lunar Orbiter.
1965: Ranger VII Experimenters' Analyses and Interpretations - First high resolution information about the Moon; surprisingly little of importance except that craters were seen to exist down to centimeter size.
1966, Jan.: Luna 9 - first soft landing & first panoramic photos
(4) of landing site, in Oceanus Procellarum (S)
1966, Mar.: Luna 10 - first orbiter to study gravity and magnetic fields of Moon (O)
1966, May: Surveyor 1 - first US soft landing, near Flamsteed, excellent surface photography (11,240) (S)
1966,
Aug.: Lunar Orbiter 1 - first high resolution orbiter images, of
landing sites (O)
1966, Sept.: Luna 12 - high resolution photos to select landing site for failed Soviet equivalent of Apollo program (O)
1966, Nov.: Lunar Orbiter 2 - 205 more landing site photos (O)
1966, Dec.: Luna 13 - second Soviet soft landing, in Oceanus Procellarum, 3 photos (S)
1966: Surveyor I, A Preliminary Report - First study of lunar rocks and soils from a US soft lander; demonstrated that a space ship would not sink into lunar dust.
1967, Mar.: Lunar Orbiter 3 - final 182 photos of potential landing sites (O)
1967, Apr.: Surveyor 3 - soil studies and photography (6326) in Oceanus Procellarum (S)
1967, May: Lunar Orbiter 4 - nearly complete high resolution photography of nearside; the most widely used lunar images ever obtained (O)
1967, July: Explorer 35 - determined that the Moon had no magnetic field (O)
1967, Aug.: Lunar Orbiter 5 - farside medium resolution photography (O)
1967, Sept.: Surveyor 5 - first in situ chemical analysis (Mare Tranquillitatis) of another planet, 19,118 surface photos (S)
1967, Nov.: Surveyor 6 - 29,952 surface photos; first spacecraft to take off from Moon (hopped 8 ft for stereo views of Sinus Medii with its cameras) (S)
1967, Nov.: Surveyor 7 - first landing and chemical analysis of highlands (near Tycho), 21,038 surface photos (S)
1967: GP Kuiper EA Whitaker, RG Strom, JW Fountain & SM Larson: Consolidated Lunar Atlas - A massive blue box filled with hundreds of actual photographs of the Moon.
1967: P Moore & P Cattermole: The Craters of the Moon - Last, pre-Apollo gasp of amateur speculation that lunar craters were volcanic.
1968, Sept.: Zond 5 - first lunar flyby and return to Earth of plants, small animals and insects, plus photos of Earth and Moon in recovered capsule (F, ER)
1968, Nov.: Zond 6 - second loop around the Moon and return to Earth with stereoscopic photos of lunar surface, some with Earth in space above (F, ER)
1968, Dec.: Apollo 8 - first humans to orbit the Moon, first in situ photos of Moon taken by humans, and first film of Moon returned to Earth by American spacecraft. (H, O)
1968: Alter, Dinsmore (ed) Lunar Atlas. This Dover edition is a one-third reduced size version of an atlas originally prepared and published by the Space Science Laboratory of the North American Aviation company in 1964. A used copy cost $15 in 1998.
1969, May: Apollo 10 - first humans to rendezvous in lunar orbit following testing of lunar lander (H, O) 1969, July: Apollo 11 - first humans to land on the Moon (Mare Tranquillitatis), bringing back samples that revolutionized lunar science (H)
1969, Aug: Zond 7 - color photos of Moon and Earth; film returned to Earth (F, ER)
1969, Nov.: Apollo 12 - pinpoint landing at Surveyor 3 in Oceanus Procellarum (H)
1969; 1984: EH Cherrington, Jr.: Exploring the Moon Through Binoculars and Small Telescopes - A wonderful introduction to the pleasures of viewing the Moon every day of the month. A book that will never become outdated. A greedy used book seller offered it for $18 in 1998, but it is still available new for $15 from Dover Publications!
1969: DWG Arthur & AP Agnieray: Lunar Designations and Positions, Quadrants I-IV, Tucson. - A set of 4 maps compiled from the charts in Arthur et al (1963-6). This was accepted by the IAU as the official lunar nomenclature, but has been modified since. Maps still available from Sky Publishing.
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