Liftoff of the first rocket sending humans to another world; the first humans departing for another world; Launch Control preparing for launch, December 21, 1968
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ID 468917
Lot 207 | Liftoff of the first rocket sending humans to another world; the first humans departing for another world; Launch Control preparing for launch, December 21, 1968
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 500
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
The first humans departing for another world
Apollo 8, December 21, 1968
Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC captions numbered “68-H-1329” and “68-H-1347” on the versos
207 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
Launch Control Center monitoring prelaunch activities of the first mission to another world at the Kennedy Space Center
Apollo 8, December 21, 1968
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC caption numbered “68-H-1342” on the verso
207 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
Liftoff of the first Saturn V rocket sending humans to another world; contrast between nature and the space age
Apollo 8, December 21, 1968, 000:00:10 GET
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “68- HC-866” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso
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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