Views of Earth from space: horizon; Andes; Canary Islands; desert sand dunes; Lake Victoria; Mission Control; splashdown and recovery, June 3-6, 1966 - photo 1

Views of Earth from space: horizon; Andes; Canary Islands; desert sand dunes; Lake Victoria; Mission Control; splashdown and recovery, June 3-6, 1966

Lot 125
20.11.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
£ 1 200
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 125 | Views of Earth from space: horizon; Andes; Canary Islands; desert sand dunes; Lake Victoria; Mission Control; splashdown and recovery, June 3-6, 1966
Estimate value
£ 2 500 – 4 000
125 a
Eugene Cernan or Thomas Stafford

Orbital views over the Andes mountains of South America

Gemini IX-A, June 3-6, 1966, orbit 35, 054:40:00 and 054:42:00 GET

Two vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC captions and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the versos, numbered “NASA S-66-38298 and S-66-38311” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

125 b
Thomas Stafford

Earth from space; Canary Islands and coast of Morocco

Gemini IX-A, June 3, 1966, orbit 43, 067:51:00 GET

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-66-38407” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

125 c
Eugene Cernan or Thomas Stafford

Earth from space; desert sand dunes, Algeria

Gemini IX-A, June 3-6, 1966, orbit 43, 067:53:00 GET

Unreleased photograph, 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-66-38414” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

125 d
Eugene Cernan or Thomas Stafford

The Earth horizon over the Canary Islands in the Atlantic Ocean

Gemini IX-A, June 3-6, 1966, orbit 44, 069:33:00 GET

Unreleased photograph, 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-66-38441” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

125 e
Eugene Cernan or Thomas Stafford

The Earth horizon over Lake Victoria in Africa

Gemini IX-A, June 3-6, 1966, orbit 44, 069:48:00 GET

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-66-38449” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin

125 f
Andrew Patnesky

The first American in space Alan Shepard and NASA associate administrator George Muller discussing the successful conclusion of the space flight in Mission Control

Gemini IX-A, June 6, 1966

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-66-32644” in red in top margin, with three filing holes in top margin and bottom margin

125 g
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Safe splashdown of the spacecraft in the Atlantic Ocean and recovery of the astronauts on board USS Wasp

Gemini IX-A, June 6, 1966

Two vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the versos, numbered “NASA S-66-34112 and S-66-37712” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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