Lot Nr. 211


NASA (Apollo 16)


Incredible high resolution Metric Camera view of the whole Moon after translunar injection, 16-27 April 1972

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, printed 1972, (NASA AS16-M-3022), with"Fairchild Camera and Instrument Space and Defense Systems" credit in bottom margin, 25,4 x 20,3 cm, restored crease in the upper left corner

This amazing whole Moon photograph taken with the 3-inch lens is centered on craters Hertz and Moiseev (latitude / longitude: 13.5° N / 103.5° E).

“A view of the Moon never seen before the Space Age, captured at about 1,000 miles as the astronauts began their trip back to Earth. The image is centered on the boundary between the lunar nearside and the Moon’s hidden face. Three lunar seas are visible as dark patches, clockwise from upper left: the Sea of Crises, the Border Sea, and Smyth’s Sea. At lower right are the highlands of the lunar farside.”
(Light, plate 109)

From the mission transcript as the spacecraft was about 1,000 miles away from the Moon:
200:44:09 Young: Houston, we now have, looking out the center hatch window, the whole - the - the Moon fills the whole window. I can see from horizon to horizon by just being about four inches from the center hatch window. What a spectacular view.
200:44:23 Peterson (Mission Control): Roger.
200:44:28 Young: That’s from horizon to horizon along the equator. And we are really climbing away from the planet. You can just see it getting smaller by the second.
200:44:39 Peterson: You’re really moving out, huh? [...]
200:44 57 Mattingly: Almost as fast as John was driving that Rover yesterday.
200:44:58 Peterson: Roger.
200:48:15 Duke: Pete, out of Window 5, I can already see the whole sphere.
200:48:23 Peterson: Roger.
200:50:15 Mattingly: I just can’t get these new guys away from the windows.
200:50:16 Peterson: Roger.
200:50:23 Young: That view is just beautiful.

Literature:
Images from space: the camera in orbit, Arnold, plate 39; Full Moon, Light, plate 109; Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-315, frontispiece.

Expertin: Mag. Eva Königseder Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421

eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at

27.09.2023 - 17:31

Erzielter Preis: **
EUR 1.235,-
Schätzwert:
EUR 1.000,- bis EUR 1.500,-
Startpreis:
EUR 100,-

NASA (Apollo 16)


Incredible high resolution Metric Camera view of the whole Moon after translunar injection, 16-27 April 1972

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, printed 1972, (NASA AS16-M-3022), with"Fairchild Camera and Instrument Space and Defense Systems" credit in bottom margin, 25,4 x 20,3 cm, restored crease in the upper left corner

This amazing whole Moon photograph taken with the 3-inch lens is centered on craters Hertz and Moiseev (latitude / longitude: 13.5° N / 103.5° E).

“A view of the Moon never seen before the Space Age, captured at about 1,000 miles as the astronauts began their trip back to Earth. The image is centered on the boundary between the lunar nearside and the Moon’s hidden face. Three lunar seas are visible as dark patches, clockwise from upper left: the Sea of Crises, the Border Sea, and Smyth’s Sea. At lower right are the highlands of the lunar farside.”
(Light, plate 109)

From the mission transcript as the spacecraft was about 1,000 miles away from the Moon:
200:44:09 Young: Houston, we now have, looking out the center hatch window, the whole - the - the Moon fills the whole window. I can see from horizon to horizon by just being about four inches from the center hatch window. What a spectacular view.
200:44:23 Peterson (Mission Control): Roger.
200:44:28 Young: That’s from horizon to horizon along the equator. And we are really climbing away from the planet. You can just see it getting smaller by the second.
200:44:39 Peterson: You’re really moving out, huh? [...]
200:44 57 Mattingly: Almost as fast as John was driving that Rover yesterday.
200:44:58 Peterson: Roger.
200:48:15 Duke: Pete, out of Window 5, I can already see the whole sphere.
200:48:23 Peterson: Roger.
200:50:15 Mattingly: I just can’t get these new guys away from the windows.
200:50:16 Peterson: Roger.
200:50:23 Young: That view is just beautiful.

Literature:
Images from space: the camera in orbit, Arnold, plate 39; Full Moon, Light, plate 109; Apollo 16 Preliminary Science Report, NASA SP-315, frontispiece.

Expertin: Mag. Eva Königseder Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421

eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at


Käufer Hotline Mo.-Fr.: 10.00 - 17.00
kundendienst@dorotheum.at

+43 1 515 60 200
Auktion: The Beauty of Space - Iconic Photographs of Early NASA Missions
Auktionstyp: Online Auction
Datum: 27.09.2023 - 17:31
Auktionsort: Wien | Palais Dorotheum
Besichtigung: Online


** Kaufpreis inkl. Käufergebühr und Mehrwertsteuer

Es können keine Kaufaufträge über Internet mehr abgegeben werden. Die Auktion befindet sich in Vorbereitung bzw. wurde bereits durchgeführt.

Warum bei myDOROTHEUM registrieren?

Die kostenlose Registrierung bei myDOROTHEUM ermöglicht Ihnen die komplette Nutzung folgender Funktionen:

Katalog Benachrichtigungen sobald ein neuer Auktionskatalog online ist.
Auktionstermin Erinnerung zwei Tage vor Auktionsbeginn.
Mitbieten Bieten Sie auf Ihre Lieblingsstücke und ersteigern Sie neue Meisterwerke!
Suchservice Sie suchen nach einem bestimmten Künstler oder einer bestimmten Marke? Speichern Sie Ihre Suche ab und werden Sie automatisch informiert, sobald diese in einer Auktion angeboten werden!