First photograph of the Earth setting over the dark side of the Moon; Sunset over the farside; farside horizon, December 7-19, 1972

Lot 632
20.11.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 632 | First photograph of the Earth setting over the dark side of the Moon; Sunset over the farside; farside horizon, December 7-19, 1972
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
632 a
Harrison Schmitt, Eugene Cernan, or Ronald Evans

Sunset over the lunar farside seen during the first revolution of the spacecraft around the Moon

Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, orbit 1, 090:45:19 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS17-151-23108” in red in top margin (NASA MSC)

632 b
Harrison Schmitt, Eugene Cernan, or Ronald Evans

Lunar farside horizon over Craters Schlieman and Star Chaplygin

Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, orbit 2, 091:05:43 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS17-151-23155” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

632 c
Harrison Schmitt

First photograph of the Earth setting over the dark side of
the Moon

Apollo 17, December 7-19, 1972, orbit 2, 092:46:00 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS17-151-23175” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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