Launch of the second Saturn V rocket [Large Format]; Sun glint over the Atlantic Ocean; recovery of the unmanned Command Module, April 4, 1968
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ID 468900
Lot 190 | Launch of the second Saturn V rocket [Large Format]; Sun glint over the Atlantic Ocean; recovery of the unmanned Command Module, April 4, 1968
Estimate value
£ 1 200 – 1 800
Taken by a 70mm Maurer camera aboard the unmanned Apollo 6 spacecraft
Sun glint over the Atlantic Ocean from space
Apollo 6, April 4, 1968, orbit 2, 003:14:00 GET
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “MSC AS6-2-1485” in red in top margin
190 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
Recovery of the unmanned Command Module in the Pacific Ocean
Apollo 6, April 4, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption on the verso, numbered “NASA S-68-27885” in black in top margin
190 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
The launch of the second Saturn V rocket
Apollo 6, April 4, 1968, 000:00:03 GET
Large-format presentation vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, 50 x 40cm (16 x 20in), flush-mounted on original 50.8 x 40.6cm (20 x 16in) NASA board, small scratches in the margins
50 x 40cm (16 x 20in)
| 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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