Stuart A. Roosa’s ‘Visual Test Training Materials’ binder used to study areas of the moon prior to the launch of the Apollo 14 mission on January 31, 1971. The binder, the front of which is labeled as “Crew Copy 2,” contains a total of approximately 70 official glossy numbered NASA photos taken during the Apollo 12 mission (one taken by Orbiter III), 8 x 10 and 10 x 8, which are organized by eight tabbed sections: “Vertical Seq. - Area 5,” “Vertical Seq. - Area 6,” “Area 5 Forward (Westerly),” “East Oblique Area 6,” “Area 6 Forward (Westerly),” “Area 5 Backward (Easterly),” “Area 7,” and “Area 8.” Over 30 of the photos feature helpful overlay sheets with “Viewing Distance” and “Viewed Elevation,” and the binder’s collection of red-numbered photos bear “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the reverse. In overall very good to fine condition, with some instances of surface loss to photos, all of which feature binder holes to an edge; due to the binder’s many years in storage, many of the photos are adhered together and may be incapable of being separated. Accompanied by a letter of authenticity from Rosemary D. Roosa, the daughter of Apollo 14 CMP Stuart A. Roosa, who served as the backup CMP for the Apollo 16 mission and from whose collection this binder derives.
