The Beauty of Space: Vintage NASA Photos
Description:
Taken by the Apollo Lunar Surface TV Camera
First TV transmission from another world: the astronauts and the flag, Apollo 11, July 1969. Numbered 'NASA S-69-39562' in black on the recto u.l. margin, NASA MSC caption on the verso. Vintage gelatin silver print, image size 7 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (18.5 x 24.0 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Crease u.r.
N.B. This image was broadcast to half a billion people on Earth. "Here we were, farther away from the rest of humanity than any humans had ever ventured,' remembered Buzz Aldrin. 'Yet in another sense we became inextricably connected to the hundreds of millions watching us from 240,000 miles away. In this moment the world came together in peace for all mankind" (Jacobs, p. 63).
Estimate $300-500
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