The Ranger III spacecraft; Ranger lunar missions; historic first close-up pictures of the Moon taken by all six cameras of the first American crash lander, 1961-July 31, 1964
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ID 468770
Lot 60 | The Ranger III spacecraft; Ranger lunar missions; historic first close-up pictures of the Moon taken by all six cameras of the first American crash lander, 1961-July 31, 1964
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£ 2 000 – 3 000
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
The Ranger lunar missions
Ranger Program, 1961-1965
Five vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in) and with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, contact sheets numbered “68-HC-504, 505, 506, 507, 508” (NASA HQ) with photo number identification below each image, printed in 1968
60 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
Ranger III, the first lunar robotic spacecraft
Ranger Program, 1962
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.7 x 25.5cm (8 x 10in), with NASA JPL caption on the verso
60 c
Taken by the F-B camera on board the Ranger VII robotic spacecraft
One of the first photographs of the Moon taken by an American spacecraft
Ranger VII, July 31, 1964
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption on the verso
60 d
Taken by the F-A camera on board the Ranger VII robotic spacecraft
The Moon seen by the first American crash lander from an altitude of 480 miles
Ranger VII, July 31, 1964
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA JPL caption on the verso
60 e
Taken by the P cameras on board the Ranger VII robotic spacecraft
The lunar surface seen by the crashlander Ranger VII, the first spacecraft to send close-up pictures of the Moon
Ranger VII, July 31, 1964
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption on the verso
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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