Launch of Freedom 7, first spacecraft carrying an American into space; Earth horizon and black sky of space seen by Alan Shepard, May 5, 1961
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ID 468734
Lot 24 | Launch of Freedom 7, first spacecraft carrying an American into space; Earth horizon and black sky of space seen by Alan Shepard, May 5, 1961
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£ 1 500 – 2 500
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
Launch of Freedom 7, the first spacecraft carrying an American into space
Mercury Redstone 3, May 5, 1961, 000:00:02 GET
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption (indicating the print was made in 1962-1963) and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-61-1928” in red in top margin
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Taken by a 70mm Maurer Earth Sky automatic camera mounted on the Freedom 7 spacecraft
Earth horizon and black sky of 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 “2” in top right margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
| Art style: | Color photo |
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| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Art style: | Color photo |
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| Auction house category: | Photography |
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