A miscellany of NASA photographs, including the Apollo 15 lunar rover; lunar craters seen from Apollo 16; Harrison Schmitt's moonwalk and the "Blue Marble" from Apollo 17, July 26, 1971-December 19, 1972

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Lot 212 | A miscellany of NASA photographs, including the Apollo 15 lunar rover; lunar craters seen from Apollo 16; Harrison Schmitt's moonwalk and the "Blue Marble" from Apollo 17, July 26, 1971-December 19, 1972
i. The final parking space of the lunar rover, Mount Hadley beyond, July 26-August 7, 1971
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS15-88-11901' in red on top margin on recto, with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

ii. Lunar horizon over the crater "Bullialdus", from the Apollo 16 spacecraft, April 16-27, 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS16-119-19091' in red on top margin on recto, with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

iii. Astronaut Harrison Schmitt shakes lunar soil from his rake, December 7-19, 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS17-154-20425' in red on top margin on recto, with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

iv. Astronaut Harrison Schmitt at the lunar rover, December 7-19, 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS17-137-21011' in red on top margin on recto, with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

v. The “Blue Marble”, the first photograph of the full Earth seen by human eyes, December 7-19, 1972
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 21.6 x 27.9cm (81/2 x 11in), numbered 'AS17-148-22727' with NASA caption and 'This Paper Manufactured By Kodak' watermarks on verso

vi. A Saturn V rocket during pre-launch activities, Cape Canaveral, Florida
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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