Launch of the first American unmanned orbital flight [Large Format]; first photograph of Earth from space from a spacecraft in orbit, Mercury Atlas 4, September 13, 1961

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Lot 30 | Launch of the first American unmanned orbital flight [Large Format]; first photograph of Earth from space from a spacecraft in orbit, Mercury Atlas 4, September 13, 1961
30 a
Taken by a 70mm Maurer Earth Sky automatic camera mounted on the unmanned Mercury spacecraft

First photograph of Earth from space from a spacecraft in orbit

Mercury Atlas 4, September 13, 1961

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ credit stamp and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-62-1282” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin (the print was made in 1962-1963)

30 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Launch of the first successful American unmanned orbital flight

Mercury Atlas 4, September 13, 1961

Large-format presentation vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 28.3 x 35.2cm (11 x 14in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso
28.3 x 35.2cm (11 x 14in)
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