John Young, Eugene Cernan or Thomas Stafford (Apollo 10)
First close-up color photographs of Tranquility Base from lunar orbit, critically important for the Apollo 11 lunar landing, 18-26May 1969
Two vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, (NASA AS10-34-5154 and AS10-34-5156), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA / North American Rockwell, each 25,4 x 20,3 cm
A major objective of the Apollo 10 crew was to describe and photograph the tracking landmarks leading to Tranquility Base – designated as landing site 2 at the time – where the Apollo 11 astronauts landed two months later.
During their flight at low altitude on board the LM Snoopy, Stafford and Cernan saw the Moon as man had never seen it. They were so temptingly close they felt they could reach out and touch every boulder but to their great despair they ran out of film before they could photograph Apollo landing site 2.
The first photograph shows the 6-km Crater Maskelyne G and “Diamondback Rille” branching off into a fork at its right (2.5° N / 27° E )
The second photograph is a near vertical close-up view over Tranquility Base.
The future Apollo 11 landing site is located in the top left quadrant of the picture.
Literature:
LIFE, 6 June 1969, pp. 30B (first photograph, variant).
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
27.09.2023 - 15:41
- Realized price: **
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EUR 910.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 500.- to EUR 700.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 100.-
John Young, Eugene Cernan or Thomas Stafford (Apollo 10)
First close-up color photographs of Tranquility Base from lunar orbit, critically important for the Apollo 11 lunar landing, 18-26May 1969
Two vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based paper, printed 1969, (NASA AS10-34-5154 and AS10-34-5156), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso, (NASA / North American Rockwell, each 25,4 x 20,3 cm
A major objective of the Apollo 10 crew was to describe and photograph the tracking landmarks leading to Tranquility Base – designated as landing site 2 at the time – where the Apollo 11 astronauts landed two months later.
During their flight at low altitude on board the LM Snoopy, Stafford and Cernan saw the Moon as man had never seen it. They were so temptingly close they felt they could reach out and touch every boulder but to their great despair they ran out of film before they could photograph Apollo landing site 2.
The first photograph shows the 6-km Crater Maskelyne G and “Diamondback Rille” branching off into a fork at its right (2.5° N / 27° E )
The second photograph is a near vertical close-up view over Tranquility Base.
The future Apollo 11 landing site is located in the top left quadrant of the picture.
Literature:
LIFE, 6 June 1969, pp. 30B (first photograph, 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 - 15:41 |
| Location: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | Online |
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