Liftoff; the crew and Mission Control preparing for launch; wide-angle view of the launch; capcom Eugene Cernan monitoring the flight, May-June 3, 1965 - photo 1

Liftoff; the crew and Mission Control preparing for launch; wide-angle view of the launch; capcom Eugene Cernan monitoring the flight, May-June 3, 1965

Lot 70
20.11.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 1 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 468780
Lot 70 | Liftoff; the crew and Mission Control preparing for launch; wide-angle view of the launch; capcom Eugene Cernan monitoring the flight, May-June 3, 1965
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
70 a
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Fisheye view of James McDivitt and Edward White inside the Gemini IV spacecraft

Gemini IV, May-June 1965

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-65-29650” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin

70 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Mission Control Center at Houston’s Manned Spacecraft Center preparing to monitor its first mission

Gemini IV, 1965

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “NASA S-65-22201” (NASA MSC) in black in top margin

70 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

The departure for space

Gemini IV, June 3, 1965

Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC captions and RCA Quality Control stamps on the versos

70 d
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Liftoff

Gemini IV, June 3, 1965,000:00:04 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 21.8 x 27.8cm, with McDonnell Douglas credit stamp (indicating the print was made in 1967), “D4C 29788” stamp and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA / McDonnell Douglas)

70 e
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Wide-angle view of the liftoff at Cape Kennedy’s Launch Complex 19

Gemini IV, June 3, 1965,000:00:08 GET

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with RCA Quality Control stamp and NASA KSC caption on the verso

70 f
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Capcom Eugene Cernan in Houston’s Mission Control during the early hours of the flight

Gemini IV, June 3-7, 1965

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-65-19515” in black in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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