The Beauty of Space: Vintage NASA Photos
Description:
James Lovell (American, b. 1928),Jack Swigert (American, 1931-1982),or Fred Haise (American, b. 1933)
Earth, Apollo 13, April 1970. Numbered 'NASA AS13-60-8588' (NASA MSC) in red on the recto u.l. margin, NASA MSC caption on the verso. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 7 1/8 x 7 in. (18.0 x 17.5 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Good.
N.B. "In spaceflight, when we orbited the Earth, we thought in terms of continents,' said James Lovell. 'We were over the US; now we're over a body of water. We're over Africa now; we're over Australia now. In the lunar flight, we thought in terms of bodies. The Moon's here, the Sun's there, the Earth is there" (Chaikin, Voices, p. 25).
Estimate $700-900
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