First woman-taken photograph from space, Vostok 6, June 1963; in flight views of cosmonaut Popovich and the Earth from space, Vostok 4, August 1962
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ID 468721
Lot 11 | First woman-taken photograph from space, Vostok 6, June 1963; in flight views of cosmonaut Popovich and the Earth from space, Vostok 4, August 1962
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£ 1 000 – 1 500
Taken by a TV camera inside the Vostok 4 spacecraft
In flight view of cosmonaut Pavel Popovich orbiting the Earth during the first two-spacecraft mission and the Earth from space
Vostok 4, August 12-15, 1962
Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, 15.1 x 23cm and 18 x 24cm, original wire press photos, the first with “UPI” credit copyright stamp and press caption dated “MO AUG 13 1962” on the verso, the second with “Reportagebild Stockholm- Sweden” credit copyright stamp on the verso
11 b
Valentina Tereshkova
First photograph from space taken by a woman
Vostok 6, June 16-19, 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 18.2 x 24cm, original press photo with TASS credit stamp and TASS press caption in Russian on the verso
18.2 x 24cm (7 x 9.5in)
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