Bill Taub (Mercury Atlas 6)
The first American in orbit John Glenn boarding Friendship 7 for launch, 20 February 1962,
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, printed 1962, numbered "S-62-376" in black in top margin, with NASA HQ caption on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm
Following the trail blazed by Gagarin (12 April 1961), John Glenn rode an Atlas booster into Earth orbit. His success was a blaze of glory for the American public, whose adulation approached that given to Charles Lindbergh following his solo transatlantic flight in 1927. (Chaikin, Space, p. 29 and p. 43)
“They started to put the hatch on. This is the moment when things begin to come home to you. Up to this point people are reaching into the capsule and working all around you and there’s no real feeling of being on your own. Suddenly, as people begin to pat you on the shoulder, wink at you, shake your hand and wave goodbye, it changes.”
John Glenn (Kelley, plate 2)
Literature:
National Geographic, June 1962, pp. 796-797 (variant).
Expertin: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
27.09.2023 - 14:11
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Bill Taub (Mercury Atlas 6)
The first American in orbit John Glenn boarding Friendship 7 for launch, 20 February 1962,
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, printed 1962, numbered "S-62-376" in black in top margin, with NASA HQ caption on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm
Following the trail blazed by Gagarin (12 April 1961), John Glenn rode an Atlas booster into Earth orbit. His success was a blaze of glory for the American public, whose adulation approached that given to Charles Lindbergh following his solo transatlantic flight in 1927. (Chaikin, Space, p. 29 and p. 43)
“They started to put the hatch on. This is the moment when things begin to come home to you. Up to this point people are reaching into the capsule and working all around you and there’s no real feeling of being on your own. Suddenly, as people begin to pat you on the shoulder, wink at you, shake your hand and wave goodbye, it changes.”
John Glenn (Kelley, plate 2)
Literature:
National Geographic, June 1962, pp. 796-797 (variant).
Expertin: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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| Auktion: | The Beauty of Space - Iconic Photographs of Early NASA Missions |
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