Launch of Freedom 7, first spacecraft carrying an American into space; Earth horizon and black sky of space seen by Alan Shepard, May 5, 1961

Lot 24
20.11.2020 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 875
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
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Lot 24 | Launch of Freedom 7, first spacecraft carrying an American into space; Earth horizon and black sky of space seen by Alan Shepard, May 5, 1961
Valeur estimée
£ 1 500 – 2 500
24 a
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Launch of Freedom 7, the first spacecraft carrying an American into space

Mercury Redstone 3, May 5, 1961, 000:00:02 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption (indicating the print was made in 1962-1963) and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-61-1928” in red in top margin

24 b
Taken by a 70mm Maurer Earth Sky automatic camera mounted on the Freedom 7 spacecraft

Earth horizon and black sky of space seen by the first American in space

Mercury Redstone 3, May 5, 1961

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered “2” in top right margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
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