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

Lot 60
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£ 1 250
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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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
Valeur estimée
£ 2 000 – 3 000
60 a
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)
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