Moment of impact in the Sea of Tranquillity; close-up of future Apollo 11 landing site, Ranger VIII; major lunar craters; last photograph before impact, Ranger IX, February 20-March 24, 1965

Lot 63
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Lot 63 | Moment of impact in the Sea of Tranquillity; close-up of future Apollo 11 landing site, Ranger VIII; major lunar craters; last photograph before impact, Ranger IX, February 20-March 24, 1965
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£ 1 200 – 1 800
63a
Taken by the F-a camera on board the Ranger VIII robotic spacecraft

First close-up photograph of the future Apollo 11 landing area in the Sea of Tranquillity

Ranger VIII, February 20, 1965

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “65-H-190” on the verso

63 b
Taken by the F-a camera on board the Ranger VIII robotic spacecraft

The moment of impact in the Sea of Tranquillity

Ranger VIII, February 20, 1965

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption numbered “65- H-190” on the verso

63 c
Taken by the F-B camera on board the Ranger IX robotic spacecraft

Craters Ptolemaus, Alphonsus and Albategnius seen by the crashlander before its impact on the lunar surface

Ranger IX, March 24, 1965

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA Goddard caption numbered “65-H-190” on the verso

63 d
Taken by the F-A camera on board the Ranger IX robotic spacecraft

The last photograph transmitted by the crashlander before its impact in Crater Alphonsus

Ranger IX, March 24, 1965

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC caption numbered “106- KSC-65-6160” on the verso
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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