Taken by a Maurer 16mm Movie Camera Mounted to the Spacecraft; Buzz Aldrin (American, b. 1930)

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Taken by a Maurer 16mm Movie Camera Mounted to the Spacecraft; Buzz Aldrin (American, b. 1930)
Two photographs: Buzz Aldrin emerging from the spacecraft and an EVA photograph taken by the spacewalker over the Earth, Gemini 12, November 1966. The first numbered 'NASA S-66-63537' in red on the recto u.l. margin, '89' inscribed in pencil on the recto l.c., NASA MSC caption on the verso. Two vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image sizes to 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (18.3 x 24.0 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Good.

N.B. The view of Aldrin was captured by a Maurer 16mm movie camera which he had installed on the outside of the spacecraft to record his activities. Aldrin then photographed the Agena tethered to the Gemini spacecraft over the Earth during his stand-up EVA. "When you were outside of the spacecraft…you had the whole world in front of you to photograph," noted Gemini 9 astronaut Eugene Cernan (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 62). The NASA negative number for the second photograph is S-66-62889 (NASA MSC).
Estimate $700-900


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