NASA (Gemini XI) "Space Cowboy": Richard
Gordon riding the Gemini spacecraft in outer space during his EVA,12-15 September 1966
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1966, numbered "NASA S-66-54454" (NASA MSC), in red top margin, with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm
SPACE COWBOY’s GALLOP OVER THE GLOBE.
RIDING HIGH. Astride the nose of Gemini 11, Gordon moves forward to attach a 100-foot line from the Agena, directly in front of him, to the manned vehicle. “I’m riding it like a cowboy,” he said to Command Pilot Pete Conrad. This photograph was taken with a movie camera mounted over the open hatch of the spacecraft. (LIFE magazine, 30 September 1966, p.106)
“This photograph shows me astride the nose of the Gemini spacecraft during the umbilical EVA of Gemini 11. This pose inspired Pete Conrad to respond with the words, “Ride ‘em, cowboy!”
Richard Gordon (Cortright, p.182)
Literature:
LIFE, 30 September 1966, pg. 106; Space: A History of Space Exploration in Photographs, Chaikin, pg. 70; Exploring Space with a Camera (NASA SP-168), Cortright, ed., pg. 182
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
27.09.2023 - 14:37
- Realized price: **
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EUR 1,690.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 1,200.- to EUR 1,800.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 600.-
NASA (Gemini XI) "Space Cowboy": Richard
Gordon riding the Gemini spacecraft in outer space during his EVA,12-15 September 1966
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1966, numbered "NASA S-66-54454" (NASA MSC), in red top margin, with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, 20,3 x 25,4 cm
SPACE COWBOY’s GALLOP OVER THE GLOBE.
RIDING HIGH. Astride the nose of Gemini 11, Gordon moves forward to attach a 100-foot line from the Agena, directly in front of him, to the manned vehicle. “I’m riding it like a cowboy,” he said to Command Pilot Pete Conrad. This photograph was taken with a movie camera mounted over the open hatch of the spacecraft. (LIFE magazine, 30 September 1966, p.106)
“This photograph shows me astride the nose of the Gemini spacecraft during the umbilical EVA of Gemini 11. This pose inspired Pete Conrad to respond with the words, “Ride ‘em, cowboy!”
Richard Gordon (Cortright, p.182)
Literature:
LIFE, 30 September 1966, pg. 106; Space: A History of Space Exploration in Photographs, Chaikin, pg. 70; Exploring Space with a Camera (NASA SP-168), Cortright, ed., pg. 182
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | The Beauty of Space - Iconic Photographs of Early NASA Missions |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 27.09.2023 - 14:37 |
| Location: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
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