The Beauty of Space: Vintage NASA Photos
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Unidentified Photographer
Two photographs of the Saturn IB rocket heading to Space, Apollo 7, October 1968. NASA HQ caption on the verso of the gelatin silver print. One vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso and one vintage gelatin silver print, image sizes to 9 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (24.0 x 19.2 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Vertical ripple in color image; scattered handling crimps at right side of black and white image.
N.B. After completing a successful liftoff for NASA's first manned flight in the Apollo program (first photograph),the Saturn IB space vehicle carrying the Apollo 7 astronauts is photographed more than 35,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean by an airborne precision photographic system aboard a C-135 aircraft (second photograph). This Airborne Lightweight Optical Tracking System (ALOTS) provides 'information on launch vehicle during the early launch, stage separation and reentry phases of the flight' (NASA caption).
Estimate $300-500
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