The CM Kitty Hawk landing in the Pacific Ocean; in-flight Zero Gravity experiment; the crew back to Earth; the giant Saturn V rocket [Large Format], November 1970-February 1971
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ID 469204
Lot 493 | The CM Kitty Hawk landing in the Pacific Ocean; in-flight Zero Gravity experiment; the crew back to Earth; the giant Saturn V rocket [Large Format], November 1970-February 1971
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 500
Taken by a TV camera inside the Kitty Hawk spacecraft
Zero Gravity experiment conducted during the homeward journey to Earth
Apollo 14, January 31 - February 9, 1971
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-71-21318” in black in top margin
493 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
The spacecraft Kitty Hawk landing in the Pacific Ocean
Apollo 14, February 9, 1971
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 S-71-18753” in red in top margin
493 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
The Apollo 14 crew back to Earth aboard USS New Orleans
Apollo 14, February 9, 1971
Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC captions on the versos
493 d
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
The giant Saturn V rocket on Pad 39A
Apollo 14, November 1970
Large-format presentation vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 35.5cm x 27.7cm (14 x 11in), with “Acme Photo Service” stamp and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso
35.5cm x 27.7cm (14 x 11in)
| 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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CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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