Ken Mattingly (American, b. 1936),Charles Duke (American, b. 1935),or John Young (American, b. 1930)

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Ken Mattingly (American, b. 1936),Charles Duke (American, b. 1935),or John Young (American, b. 1930)
Two views of the lunar horizon over the rugged landscape of the farside highlands, Apollo 16, April 1972. Numbered 'NASA AS16-120-19204' and 'NASA AS16-118-18933' (NASA MSC),respectively, in red on the recto u.l. margin. Vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image sizes to 7 1/8 x 7 1/8 in. (18.0 x 18.0 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Minor wear to several corners of first print.

N.B. Using the 250mm telephoto lens, Mattingly photographed the stunning view from the Command Spaceship Casper as it orbited the far side of the moon at an altitude of about 120 kilometers. Shown are the lunar horizon over Crater Belyaev (first image) and Crater Van Gent (second image). "I can't imagine bouncing across the surface of the Moon being as personally exhilarating as being solo in a spacecraft on the back side of the Moon... There's nobody there but me!' exclaimed Ken Mattingly. 'And there's no noise, except the little electronic fans going poof. And you turn some music on, and you watch this panorama go by, and it's absolutely mind boggling" (quoted in Chaikin, Voices, p. 106).
Estimate $500-700


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