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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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
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 4 000
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 |
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| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Art style: | Color photo |
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| Auction house category: | Photography |
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