'After five decades, it's very rare that something comes along from Apollo that genuinely surprises me... but this is truly special.'
Every replica image of Apollo missions 7 to 17 - including Neil Armstrong on the Moon and the Apollo 13 explosion - has been of a lower quality, as the original NASA film has been securely stored in a frozen vault in Texas.
But now 35,000 original images have been meticulously enhanced to create the highest quality ever produced, and some of these will be available for the public to see at Glasgow's Science Centre.Author, science writer and restoration expert Andy Saunders has spent 10,000 hours digitally processing the images to be showcased in his new book Apollo Remastered.
His work was praised by Apollo 7 astronaut Walter Cunningham, who said:"The images Andy Saunders has produced from the 50-year-old original"I have personally checked the images in the book, and if you want to know what it was really like on the Apollo missions, then this is for you.The photographs capture the pioneering era I took part in perfectly, and the techniques Andy has used have brought out such fantastic detail from that old original film we took back in the 60s.
"Maintaining an accurate record of these historic moments is such important work not just now, after half a century, but also for future generations."Mark McCaughrean, senior advisor for science and exploration at the European Space Agency, added:"After five decades, it's very rare that something comes along from Apollo that genuinely surprises me... but this is truly special.
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