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Science writer Andy Saunders reveals fascinating insights into the photographs taken during missions to the Moon.

The photographs taken during our journeys to the Moon are some of the most important, iconic and reproduced in history. But how were they taken? What equipment was used? And why do we so often see apparently low quality imagery?

The original NASA photographic film is securely stored in a frozen vault at Johnson Space Center, Houston. It never leaves the building—in fact, the film rarely leaves the freezer. For half a century, almost every image of the Moon landings publicly available was produced from a lower-quality copy of these originals. Until now...

Andy Saunders is a British bestselling author, science writer and one of the world’s foremost experts on NASA digital restoration. In this talk, he outlines the painstaking, cutting-edge enhancement techniques he used on scans of the original film to create the highest quality Apollo photographs ever produced. Alongside a slideshow of images from every Apollo mission, he will reveal detail that has been lost for half a century, and show how the images offer astounding new insight and a mesmerising retrospective of humankind’s greatest adventure.

Apollo Remastered, the book, was an instant Sunday Time Bestseller and quickly became the biggest selling book on the Apollo programme since records began, as well as the highest grossing photography book for over 20 years. Andy will be available to sign copies after the talk.