Eugene Cernan (Apollo 10)
The first spacecraft photographed over another world: close-up of CSM Charlie Brown over the lunar nearside,18-26 May 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, (NASA image AS10-27-3878), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA / North American Rockwell), 20,3 x 25,4 cm
This great photograph taken from the LM Snoopy following separation in lunar orbit with the Sun directly above showcases the reflective nature of the outer layer of the Command Module. The lunar surface is reflected as light tones, and the dark portion mirrors the blackness of outer space.
The Command Module, about 12 feet in diameter and weighing 12,500 pounds, had about “as much habitable volume as a walk-in closet” (Light, caption 106).
Charlie Brown was station-keeping with the LM at an altitude of 69 miles over highlands and craters on the west rim of Smyth’s Sea between Craters Gilbert and Schubert. Parts of the LM window are visible.
Literature:
Time, 6 June 1969, pg. 66 (variant).
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
27.09.2023 - 15:22
- Realized price: **
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EUR 1,300.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 800.- to EUR 1,200.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 100.-
Eugene Cernan (Apollo 10)
The first spacecraft photographed over another world: close-up of CSM Charlie Brown over the lunar nearside,18-26 May 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, (NASA image AS10-27-3878), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA / North American Rockwell), 20,3 x 25,4 cm
This great photograph taken from the LM Snoopy following separation in lunar orbit with the Sun directly above showcases the reflective nature of the outer layer of the Command Module. The lunar surface is reflected as light tones, and the dark portion mirrors the blackness of outer space.
The Command Module, about 12 feet in diameter and weighing 12,500 pounds, had about “as much habitable volume as a walk-in closet” (Light, caption 106).
Charlie Brown was station-keeping with the LM at an altitude of 69 miles over highlands and craters on the west rim of Smyth’s Sea between Craters Gilbert and Schubert. Parts of the LM window are visible.
Literature:
Time, 6 June 1969, pg. 66 (variant).
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 - 15:22 |
| Location: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
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