The first humans back from another world; reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere and recovery of the first manned lunar spacecraft, December 27, 1968
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ID 468944
Lot 233 | The first humans back from another world; reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere and recovery of the first manned lunar spacecraft, December 27, 1968
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£ 1 000 – 1 500
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
Reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere and recovery in the Pacific Ocean on board USS Yorktown of the first manned spacecraft coming back from another world
Apollo 8, December 27, 1968
One 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-69-15592” in black in top margin; and one 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-68-56310” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
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NASA / Unidentified Photographer
The first humans back from another world
Apollo 8, December 27, 1968
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-68-56335” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
| 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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