The first rocket to send humans to another world; the mission emblem; close-up of the spacecraft at Pad 39A before launch, December 1968
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ID 468916
Lot 206 | The first rocket to send humans to another world; the mission emblem; close-up of the spacecraft at Pad 39A before launch, December 1968
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
The official emblem of the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission
December 1968
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-68-51093” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
206 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
Night view of the first rocket to send humans to another world
Apollo 8, December 1968
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso
206 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
Close-up of the spacecraft at Pad 39A before the launch of the first manned mission to another world
Apollo 8, December 17, 1968
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-68-55415” in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
| Art style: | Color photo |
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| Category: | Illustrations |
| Auction house category: | Photography |
| Art style: | Color photo |
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| Category: | Illustrations |
| 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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