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
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1000GBP £ 1 000
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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
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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