The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 1
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 2
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 3
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 4
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 5
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 6
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 7
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 8
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 9
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 10
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 11
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 12
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 13
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 14
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 15
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 16
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 17
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 18
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 19
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 20
The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968 - photo 1

The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968

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£ 2 500
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20.11.2020 00:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 468903
Lot 193 | The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space; portraits of the crew; NASA officials and the Saturn IB at Complex 34; departure for space; liftoff, September-October 11, 1968
193 a
Bill Taub

Portraits of the astronauts in spacesuit

Apollo 7, September 1968

Three vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC captions and Technicolor Quality Control stamps on the versos

193 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

George Low with Kurt Debus and Rocco Petrone at the Launch Control’s blockhouse at Complex 34 at Cape Kennedy

Apollo 7, October 1968

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with Technicolor Quality Control stamp and NASA KSC caption numbered “116- KSC-68P-383” on the verso

193 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Overall view of the Saturn IB rocket at Pad 34 and close-up of the spacecraft and launch escape system

Apollo 7, September 1968

Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ captions numbered “68-H-845 and “68-H-618” on the versos

193 d
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

The departure for space of the first crewed Apollo mission

Apollo 7, October 11, 1968

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC caption numbered “68- H-927” on the verso

193 e
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Liftoff of the Saturn IB rocket, the first manned space vehicle of the Apollo program

Apollo 7, October 11, 1968, 000:00:01 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC caption numbered “107-KSC-68PC-195 and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso

193 f
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

The first manned Apollo rocket heading to space

Apollo 7, October 11, 1968, 000:00:12 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 S-68-49457” 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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