The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 1
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 2
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 3
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 4
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 5
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 6
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 7
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 8
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 9
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 10
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 11
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 12
The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970 - photo 1

The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970

Lot 455
20.11.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 2 500
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 455 | The celebrated “mailbox”; views inside the dark LM; the Earth and the Moon with reflections; Mission Control with a “mailbox” prototype, April 11-17, 1970
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 2 500
455 a
Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, or James Lovell

View of the interior of the lifeboat LM Aquarius plunged into darkness during the homeward journey

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Unreleased photograph, 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 AS13-61-8862” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

455 b
Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, or James Lovell

The Earth seen through the window of the spacecraft together with the reflection of another window

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Unreleased photograph, 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 AS13-61-8864” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

455 c
Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, or James Lovell

The Moon and its own reflection in the LM window

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Unreleased photograph, 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 AS13-61-8865” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

455 d
Jack Swigert, Fred Haise, or James Lovell

The tunnel connecting the lifeboat LM Aquarius and the Command Module Odyssey

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

Unreleased photograph, 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 AS13-61-8878” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

455 e
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Mission Control constructing a prototype of the “mailbox” which saved the astronauts’ life

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970

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

455 f
James Lovell, Jack Swigert, or Fred Haise

View of the celebrated “mailbox” which saved the astronauts’ lives in the lifeboat LM Aquarius

Apollo 13, April 11-17, 1970, 091:10:26 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 “NASA AS13-62-8929” in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
Art style:Color photo
Auction house category:Photography
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