Earth from space; drogue parachute during reentry in the Earth’s atmosphere, seen by the first American in space, May 5, 1961
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ID 468735
Lot 25 | Earth from space; drogue parachute during reentry in the Earth’s atmosphere, seen by the first American in space, May 5, 1961
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 500
Taken by a 70mm Maurer Earth Sky automatic camera mounted on the Freedom 7 spacecraft
Earth from space seen by the first American in space
Mercury Redstone 3, May 5, 1961
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “3” in top right margin
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Taken by a 70mm Maurer Earth Sky automatic camera mounted on the Freedom 7 spacecraft
The drogue parachute seen from the Freedom 7 spacecraft during the reentry in the Earth’s atmosphere
Mercury Redstone 3, May 5, 1961
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “4” in top right margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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