Auction 18 October 2021 NASA PHOTOGRAPHS: HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF SPACE

Lot n° 1

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Nasa. Robert Goddard stands next to his liquid fuel rocket on March 16, 1926. It took 17 years of patient work for Robert Goddard to single-handedly develop a rocket that mixed liquid fuel and oxygen. Robert Goddard's work was the subject of no less than...

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Lot n° 2

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Photograph of the lunar surface taken at the famous Mount Wilson Observatory. Here the Clavius region. Circa 1930.period silver print. Label on the back. 25,3 x 20,4CM with margins.

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Lot n° 3

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NASA. US AIR FORCE. Nice view of the X-2 experimental aircraft in full test flight. Circa 1950.period silver print. Stamp on the back "BELL AEROSYSTEMS COMPANY". 20,6 x 25,3cm with margins.

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Lot n° 4

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Nasa. Rare view of the first "HOP" of the X-3 aircraft. The X-3 Stiletto was an experimental single-engine jet aircraft manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was the most elegant of the early experimental aircraft. A pair...

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Lot n° 5

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Nasa. Rocket takeoff from Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida. Circa 1950. Press stamp on the back. 25,2 x 20,6cm with margins.

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Lot n° 6

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Nasa - US Air Force. Liftoff of a first generation rocket. Circa 1960. Vintage silver print. Stamp and references on the back. 25,3 x 20,6cm with margins.

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Lot n° 7

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Nasa. About ten years after the Second World War, rocket launches followed one another at CAPE CANAVERAL in Florida, in the midst of the race to control space against the Soviet Union. Here, the JUPITER C missile carries the "Explorer IV" satellite into...

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Lot n° 8

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NASA. Photograph from the Mount Wilson Observatory. A superb enigmatic and bewitching view of the planet Saturn. Circa 1960.period silver print. Caption on paper label on the back. 20,4 x 25,3CM with margins.

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Lot n° 9

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Nasa. 2 historical juxtaposed views of veteran astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. during his departure in the "FREEDOM 7" capsule and during his arrival on board the helicopter which recovered him in the Atlantic Ocean. Shepard aboard the "RED STONE" rocket...

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Lot n° 10

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Nasa. Recovery at sea of astronaut Gus GRISSOM who ends his trip in Space by swimming in the Ocean. He has just become the second American to reach Space aboard his spaceship "LIBERTY BELL 7". July 21, 1961, silver print. Press stamp on the back and press...

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Lot n° 11

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Nasa. Launch of a Centaur F-1 rocket from Pas 36 in Cape Canavera. May 8, 1962. vintage silver print. 25,3 x20,6cm with margins.

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Lot n° 12

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Nasa. Astronaut Scott Carpenter before his departure for his historic MERCURY AURORA 7 mission. Carpenter reaches the 260-kilometer altitude orbit for a 4-hour, 56-minute flight. May 24, 1962, vintage silver print. Handwritten annotation on the back "Carpenter...

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Lot n° 13

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NASA. The famous photograph of the "Early Sevens". This photograph shows the first group of astronauts presented by NASA in July 1962. They had been selected in 1959 for the MERCURY program. On top, from left to right, Alan B. Shepard Jr, Virgil I. Grissom...

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Lot n° 14

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Nasa. Astronaut Scott Carpenter, American veteran of the space program, is about to make his historic flight with his pack that allows him to provide his spacesuit with air conditioning. May 1962.period silver print. Press stamp on the back and press...

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Lot n° 15

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NASA. It is November 28, 1964. The space probe LUNAR ORBITER 2 sends back to Earth its most captivating photograph: a view of the lunar surface taken at an angle which upsets all the "flat" views obtained until then by Man with his telescope from Earth....

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Lot n° 16

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Nasa. Apollo LITTLE JOE rocket. On the White Sands base in New Mexico, the "LITTLE JOE" rocket experiment is intended to prove the efficiency of the rescue system for the members of the Apollo missions in case of launch failure by projecting them to a...

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Lot n° 17

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Nasa. Departure of the DELTA 23 rocket from complex 17-A on January 21st 1964. chromogenic print from the period on paper "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK". Typed caption on the back. 25,4 x 20,3cm with margins.

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Lot n° 18

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NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Gemini IV mission on June 3, 1965. Historic photograph of astronaut Ed. H. White becoming the first American to "fly" in Space. He wears a special spacesuit with a gold-plated helmet to protect him from the sun. A 7.5 meter umbilical...

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Lot n° 19

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Nasa. Historical photograph showing American astronaut Bruce McCandless flying alone in Space and untethered above the globe. The astronaut is the first human to fly alone in Space thanks to the MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit) system. This feat made the...

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Lot n° 20

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Nasa. Historic Gemini IV mission. Astronaut ED WHITE floats in the vacuum of space in front of the deep blue globe during his spacewalk on June 3, 1965. Numbering in the margin on the front. Legend on the back label. 40,6 x 40,6cm with margins.

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Lot n° 21

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Nasa. LARGE FORMAT. Historic spacewalk of astronaut ED. WHITE. White is wearing a specially designed spacesuit. His face is shaded by a gold-plated visor to protect him from the sun's unfiltered rays. In his right hand, he carries an HHSMU (Hand-Held...

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Lot n° 22

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NASA. Photograph of the lunar surface taken by the television camera of the RANGER VIII spacecraft before the impact on the lunar surface on February 20, 1965. NASA logo and typed caption on the back. 25.5 x 20.3CM with margins.

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Lot n° 23

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NASA. Photograph of the lunar surface taken by the television camera of the RANGER VIII spacecraft before the impact on the lunar surface on February 20, 1965. NASA logo and typed caption on the back. 25.5 x 20.2CM with margins.

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Lot n° 24

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NASA. Portrait of veteran astronaut Charles Conrad, Jr. We are in the middle of the 60s and the Apollo space program is making giant strides with a series of parallel programs including the Gemini program which allows astronauts to train for space flights...

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Lot n° 25

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Nasa. Positioned at the top of a rocket assembly tower, Nasa engineers proceed with the delicate closing of the rocket's nose cone, making sure that the final adjustments to the measuring instruments are valid. Circa 1965. Vintage chromogenic print on...

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Lot n° 26

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Nasa. View of the first American extra-vehicular space suit that allowed veteran astronaut Ed WHITE to perform the historic first manned spacewalk during the Gemini-4 mission in June 1965. An additional layer was added to the basic suit to prevent micrometeorite...

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Lot n° 27

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Nasa. Nice view of the lunar soil from the LUNAR ORBITER spacecraft. The LUNAR ORBITER program delivered throughout the 60's the first views of the lunar soil and allowed to map the entire Moon. Circa 1965. period silver print. 20,7 x 25,5cm with mar...

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Lot n° 28

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Nasa. Liftoff of the Saturn SA-9 rocket with the first meteorite detection satellite "PEGASUS" on board. February 16, 1965. vintage chromogenic print on "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK" paper. Legend on the back label. 25,6 x 20,2cm with margins.

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Lot n° 29

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Nasa. Misison Gemini 4. Historic photograph. Astronaut Ed. White floats alone in Space in front of the globe and becomes the first American to perform a spacewalk in June 1965.press print transmitted by telephone communication with a caption in the margin...

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Lot n° 30

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Nasa. GEMINI-TITAN 4 mission. Astronaut ED WHITE performs his spectacular spacewalk during the third revolution above the globe. The astronaut is attached to the Gemini capsule by an umbilical cord less than 10 meters long. ED WHITE became the first American...

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Lot n° 31

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Nasa. Rocket takeoff from Cape Kennedy. Circa 1965. Annotations on the back. 25,3 x 20,5cm with margins.

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Lot n° 32

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Nasa. Photograph transmitted live to Earth of the first historic spacewalk by an American: Ed. WHITE. June 1965. vintage silver print. Type "WIRE PHOTOGRAPHY". Press stamp on the back. Caption in the margin on the front. 25,1 x 20,7cm with margins.

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Lot n° 33

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"NASA. Rare. First historical zenithal photograph of the ground of the planet MARS realized by the space probe MARINER 4 on July 15, 1965. Until the arrival of the space probe MARINER 4, scientists thought they could discover vegetation on the Martian...

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Lot n° 34

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NASA. Gemini IV mission. Historic spacewalk of astronaut Ed. White. He becomes the first American to perform an extra-vehicular activity connected to his Gemini 4 capsule by an umbilical cord. His crewmate John Mc. Divitt remained inside the capsule during...

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Lot n° 35

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Nasa. View from Earth. Gemini 11 mission. A superb view of Ethipia and Somalia from space with a nice perspective of the globe. 1966. 1966 chromogenic print on "A KODAK PAPER" paper. 25 x 20,2 cm with margins.

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Lot n° 36

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Nasa. LUNAR ORBITER 2 mission. First close-up view of the lunar crater COPERNIC, one of the most important craters on the lunar surface exposed to the Earth. The hills emerging from the flat ground are 300 meters high and have a 30° slope. From the base...

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Lot n° 37

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Nasa. Space rendezvous between Gemini 6 and Gemini 7. Numbering and stamp on the back. December 1965. Vintage chromogenic print. Approx. 27,7 x 21,8CM with margins.

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Lot n° 38

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NASA. This photograph of the Gemini Titan 7 spacecraft was taken from the Gemini Titan 6 (GT-6) spacecraft during the historic rendezvous of the two spacecraft on December 15, 1965. Chromogenic print (circa 1975) on "KODAK" paper. NASA logo in the margin...

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Lot n° 39

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Nasa. LUNAR ORBITER II mission. Beautiful view of the lunar surface with the famous Copernicu crater at the edge of the lunar horizon. This view shows a fantastic oblique perspective that gives a real picture of the lunar surface as never before observed...

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Lot n° 40

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NASA. LUNAR ORBITER Mission. One of the most iconic photograph of the Human Space Conquest, the oblique perspective view from the lunar orbit of the lunar crater CORPERNICUS. Vintage silver print. 25.4 x 20.5CM with margins.

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Lot n° 41

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NASA. Space rendezvous with the AGENA module on March 16, 1966. Original chromogenic print on "A KODAK PAPER" paper. Caption on the back. 20,4 x 25,4cm with margins.

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Lot n° 42

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NASA. LUNAR ORBITER. First human photographic mapping of the Moon. Vintage silver print. Legends and references in the margin on the front. 60,7 x 50,8cm with margins. February 1967.

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Lot n° 43

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Nasa. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. LRC LUNAR ORBITER V-129H. Fantastic lunar landscape as discovered by the LUNAR ORBITER probe 1967. Numbering and references on the front. 61 x 51 cm with margins.

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Lot n° 44

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Nasa. LARGE FORMAT. Apollo 4. Rare photograph of a crescent of the Earth from space. This photograph was taken automatically during the first Apollo Mission using a Satrune V rocket. This mission lasted nearly 90 minutes and the space altitude reached...

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Lot n° 45

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NASA. MARS planet. View of the Martian surface taken by a MARINER probe. Circa 1967. Press stamp on the back and handwritten reference.

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Lot n° 46

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Nasa. LARGE FORMAT. Historical photograph of the APOLLO 8 Mission, which was the first to bring Man closer to the lunar orbit. This is the first photograph of the Earth taken by man from lunar orbit on December 24, 1968. The astronaut said on that occasion:...

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Lot n° 47

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NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Exceptional view of the Moon from the command module of the Apollo 8 mission. Mare Crisium, the dark circular area near the center, is close to the eastern edge of the moon as seen from Earth. Mare Nectaris is the circular moor near...

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Lot n° 48

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NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Apollo 8 mission. For the first time in its history, Man approached the Moon with the APOLLO 8 mission in December 1968. The astronauts discovered fantastic landscapes and lunar reliefs particularly uneven on the hidden side of the...

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Lot n° 49

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NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Historical view of the 1st Earth survey observed by Man from the lunar orbit by the APOLLO 8 mission on December 24th 1968. Later chromogenic print. Numbering on the front. Legend on the back label. 40,6 x 40,6CM with margins.

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Lot n° 50

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Nasa. Apollo 7 mission. View of the globe from space by the crew of the Apollo 7 mission commanded by astronaut Walter Shirra. October 1968. Vintage chromogenic print on "A KODAK PAPER" paper. Numbering on the front. 20,3 x 25,3cm with margins.

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NASA PHOTOGRAPHS: HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF SPACE

NASA

Nasa. Robert Goddard stands next to his liquid fuel rocket on March 16, 1926. It took 17 years of patient work for Robert Goddard to single-handedly develop a rocket that mixed liquid fuel and oxygen. Robert Goddard's work was the subject of no less than...

NASA

Photograph of the lunar surface taken at the famous Mount Wilson Observatory. Here the Clavius region. Circa 1930.period silver print. Label on the back. 25,3 x 20,4CM with margins.

NASA

NASA. US AIR FORCE. Nice view of the X-2 experimental aircraft in full test flight. Circa 1950.period silver print. Stamp on the back "BELL AEROSYSTEMS COMPANY". 20,6 x 25,3cm with margins.

NASA

Nasa. Rare view of the first "HOP" of the X-3 aircraft. The X-3 Stiletto was an experimental single-engine jet aircraft manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was the most elegant of the early experimental aircraft. A pair...

NASA

Nasa. Rocket takeoff from Cape Canaveral Space Center in Florida. Circa 1950. Press stamp on the back. 25,2 x 20,6cm with margins.

NASA

Nasa - US Air Force. Liftoff of a first generation rocket. Circa 1960. Vintage silver print. Stamp and references on the back. 25,3 x 20,6cm with margins.

NASA

Nasa. About ten years after the Second World War, rocket launches followed one another at CAPE CANAVERAL in Florida, in the midst of the race to control space against the Soviet Union. Here, the JUPITER C missile carries the "Explorer IV" satellite into...

NASA

NASA. Photograph from the Mount Wilson Observatory. A superb enigmatic and bewitching view of the planet Saturn. Circa 1960.period silver print. Caption on paper label on the back. 20,4 x 25,3CM with margins.

NASA

Nasa. 2 historical juxtaposed views of veteran astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. during his departure in the "FREEDOM 7" capsule and during his arrival on board the helicopter which recovered him in the Atlantic Ocean. Shepard aboard the "RED STONE" rocket...

NASA

Nasa. Recovery at sea of astronaut Gus GRISSOM who ends his trip in Space by swimming in the Ocean. He has just become the second American to reach Space aboard his spaceship "LIBERTY BELL 7". July 21, 1961, silver print. Press stamp on the back and press...

NASA

Nasa. Launch of a Centaur F-1 rocket from Pas 36 in Cape Canavera. May 8, 1962. vintage silver print. 25,3 x20,6cm with margins.

NASA

Nasa. Astronaut Scott Carpenter before his departure for his historic MERCURY AURORA 7 mission. Carpenter reaches the 260-kilometer altitude orbit for a 4-hour, 56-minute flight. May 24, 1962, vintage silver print. Handwritten annotation on the back "Carpenter...

NASA

NASA. The famous photograph of the "Early Sevens". This photograph shows the first group of astronauts presented by NASA in July 1962. They had been selected in 1959 for the MERCURY program. On top, from left to right, Alan B. Shepard Jr, Virgil I. Grissom...

NASA

Nasa. Astronaut Scott Carpenter, American veteran of the space program, is about to make his historic flight with his pack that allows him to provide his spacesuit with air conditioning. May 1962.period silver print. Press stamp on the back and press...

NASA

NASA. It is November 28, 1964. The space probe LUNAR ORBITER 2 sends back to Earth its most captivating photograph: a view of the lunar surface taken at an angle which upsets all the "flat" views obtained until then by Man with his telescope from Earth....

NASA

Nasa. Apollo LITTLE JOE rocket. On the White Sands base in New Mexico, the "LITTLE JOE" rocket experiment is intended to prove the efficiency of the rescue system for the members of the Apollo missions in case of launch failure by projecting them to a...

NASA

Nasa. Departure of the DELTA 23 rocket from complex 17-A on January 21st 1964. chromogenic print from the period on paper "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK". Typed caption on the back. 25,4 x 20,3cm with margins.

NASA

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Gemini IV mission on June 3, 1965. Historic photograph of astronaut Ed. H. White becoming the first American to "fly" in Space. He wears a special spacesuit with a gold-plated helmet to protect him from the sun. A 7.5 meter umbilical...

NASA

Nasa. Historical photograph showing American astronaut Bruce McCandless flying alone in Space and untethered above the globe. The astronaut is the first human to fly alone in Space thanks to the MMU (Manned Maneuvering Unit) system. This feat made the...

NASA

Nasa. Historic Gemini IV mission. Astronaut ED WHITE floats in the vacuum of space in front of the deep blue globe during his spacewalk on June 3, 1965. Numbering in the margin on the front. Legend on the back label. 40,6 x 40,6cm with margins.

NASA

Nasa. LARGE FORMAT. Historic spacewalk of astronaut ED. WHITE. White is wearing a specially designed spacesuit. His face is shaded by a gold-plated visor to protect him from the sun's unfiltered rays. In his right hand, he carries an HHSMU (Hand-Held...

NASA

NASA. Photograph of the lunar surface taken by the television camera of the RANGER VIII spacecraft before the impact on the lunar surface on February 20, 1965. NASA logo and typed caption on the back. 25.5 x 20.3CM with margins.

NASA

NASA. Photograph of the lunar surface taken by the television camera of the RANGER VIII spacecraft before the impact on the lunar surface on February 20, 1965. NASA logo and typed caption on the back. 25.5 x 20.2CM with margins.

NASA

NASA. Portrait of veteran astronaut Charles Conrad, Jr. We are in the middle of the 60s and the Apollo space program is making giant strides with a series of parallel programs including the Gemini program which allows astronauts to train for space flights...

NASA

Nasa. Positioned at the top of a rocket assembly tower, Nasa engineers proceed with the delicate closing of the rocket's nose cone, making sure that the final adjustments to the measuring instruments are valid. Circa 1965. Vintage chromogenic print on...

NASA

Nasa. View of the first American extra-vehicular space suit that allowed veteran astronaut Ed WHITE to perform the historic first manned spacewalk during the Gemini-4 mission in June 1965. An additional layer was added to the basic suit to prevent micrometeorite...

NASA

Nasa. Nice view of the lunar soil from the LUNAR ORBITER spacecraft. The LUNAR ORBITER program delivered throughout the 60's the first views of the lunar soil and allowed to map the entire Moon. Circa 1965. period silver print. 20,7 x 25,5cm with mar...

NASA

Nasa. Liftoff of the Saturn SA-9 rocket with the first meteorite detection satellite "PEGASUS" on board. February 16, 1965. vintage chromogenic print on "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK" paper. Legend on the back label. 25,6 x 20,2cm with margins.

NASA

Nasa. Misison Gemini 4. Historic photograph. Astronaut Ed. White floats alone in Space in front of the globe and becomes the first American to perform a spacewalk in June 1965.press print transmitted by telephone communication with a caption in the margin...

NASA

Nasa. GEMINI-TITAN 4 mission. Astronaut ED WHITE performs his spectacular spacewalk during the third revolution above the globe. The astronaut is attached to the Gemini capsule by an umbilical cord less than 10 meters long. ED WHITE became the first American...

NASA

Nasa. Rocket takeoff from Cape Kennedy. Circa 1965. Annotations on the back. 25,3 x 20,5cm with margins.

NASA

Nasa. Photograph transmitted live to Earth of the first historic spacewalk by an American: Ed. WHITE. June 1965. vintage silver print. Type "WIRE PHOTOGRAPHY". Press stamp on the back. Caption in the margin on the front. 25,1 x 20,7cm with margins.

NASA

"NASA. Rare. First historical zenithal photograph of the ground of the planet MARS realized by the space probe MARINER 4 on July 15, 1965. Until the arrival of the space probe MARINER 4, scientists thought they could discover vegetation on the Martian...

NASA

NASA. Gemini IV mission. Historic spacewalk of astronaut Ed. White. He becomes the first American to perform an extra-vehicular activity connected to his Gemini 4 capsule by an umbilical cord. His crewmate John Mc. Divitt remained inside the capsule during...

NASA

Nasa. View from Earth. Gemini 11 mission. A superb view of Ethipia and Somalia from space with a nice perspective of the globe. 1966. 1966 chromogenic print on "A KODAK PAPER" paper. 25 x 20,2 cm with margins.

NASA

Nasa. LUNAR ORBITER 2 mission. First close-up view of the lunar crater COPERNIC, one of the most important craters on the lunar surface exposed to the Earth. The hills emerging from the flat ground are 300 meters high and have a 30° slope. From the base...

NASA

Nasa. Space rendezvous between Gemini 6 and Gemini 7. Numbering and stamp on the back. December 1965. Vintage chromogenic print. Approx. 27,7 x 21,8CM with margins.

NASA

NASA. This photograph of the Gemini Titan 7 spacecraft was taken from the Gemini Titan 6 (GT-6) spacecraft during the historic rendezvous of the two spacecraft on December 15, 1965. Chromogenic print (circa 1975) on "KODAK" paper. NASA logo in the margin...

NASA