First human-taken photographs in lunar orbit: Crater Langrenus; diptych of Crater Goclenius; mountains on the farside horizon, December 21-27, 1968
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ID 468925
Lot 215 | First human-taken photographs in lunar orbit: Crater Langrenus; diptych of Crater Goclenius; mountains on the farside horizon, December 21-27, 1968
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
Frank Borman
First human-taken photograph in lunar orbit; Crater Langrenus
Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968, orbit 1, 069:51:16 GET
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA / North American Rockwell) [NASA AS8-16-2615]
215 b
William Anders
Diptych: Crater Goclenius seen during man’s first orbit around the Moon
Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968,orbit 1, 069:56:33 GET
Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC captions numbered “AS8-13-2224 and AS8-13-2225” on the versos, the first numbered “NASA AS8-13-2224” in black in top margin and with a restoration (minor folding) in the upper portion of the image
215 c
William Anders
Mountains on the lunar farside horizon, first seen by humans
Apollo 8, December 21-27, 1968, orbit 1, 071:12:51 GET
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA / North American Rockwell) [NASA AS8-13-2244]
The photograph (inverted in error when it was printed) was taken looking southeast with B&W magazine 13/E and the 80mm lens.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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