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Auction 23 November 2022 HISTORY OF THE SPACE CONQUEST: NASA PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTIFACTS - Paris

Bid on the lot list Vermot et Associés : 23 November 2022 - <p>VENTE ONLINE ONLY</p><p><br></p><p>RETRAIT DES ACHATS SUR RDV UNIQUEMENT ET ENVOIS POSTAUX POSSIBLES </p> Vermot et Associés - Paris

HISTORY OF THE SPACE CONQUEST: NASA PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTIFACTS

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Lot n° 1 

NASA. Astronomy. Rare photograph...

NASA. Astronomy. Rare photograph of the planet JUPITER in red light from the MONT WILSON observatory. In the lower left corner we can see the moon GANYMEDE of Jupiter and its shadow projected on the surface of the gas planet. Circa 1930.period silver...

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Lot n° 2 

Nasa. RARE. Nice size. Photograph...

Nasa. RARE. Nice size. Photograph taken by George Willis Ritchey at the Mount Wilson Observatory. Historical photograph of astrophotography. Observation made by the Mount Wilson telescope (diameter 1.5m). Here, the large spiral nebula Messier 15 located...

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Lot n° 3 

Nasa. RARE. Photograph from the...

Nasa. RARE. Photograph from the Mount Wilson Observatory. Here, the Trifid Nebula in the Sagittarius Constellation. Circa 1940.vintage silver contact print on chamoix paper. Handwritten reference in pencil on the back. 13.2 x 17.8CM with margins.

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Lot n° 4 

Nasa. Rare view of the first "HOP"...

Nasa. Rare view of the first "HOP" of the X-3 aircraft. The X-3 Stiletto was an experimental single-engine jet aircraft manufactured by the Douglas Aircraft Company. The Douglas X-3 Stiletto was the most elegant of the early experimental aircraft. A pair...

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Lot n° 5 

NASA. Perfect liftoff for the "Jupiter...

NASA. Perfect liftoff for the "Jupiter C Explorer" rocket on July 26, 1958 from the Cape Canaveral military missile launch pad. Jupiter-C, of its complete name Jupiter Composite Reentry Test Vehicle, is an American research and development rocket of...

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Lot n° 6 

Nasa. Rare. Photograph of the X15...

Nasa. Rare. Photograph of the X15 experimental rocket plane piloted by Joe Walker, NASA's sharpest test pilot, just flew at the fastest speed ever recorded by a human-piloted aircraft of 2196 miles per hour. 1959.period silver print. 20,3x25,5cm with...

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Lot n° 7 

Nasa. Thor-Able mission. Launch...

Nasa. Thor-Able mission. Launch of the Tiros communication satellite which made the first televised image of the Earth from Space in 1960. Rare.silver print of the period. Caption on the back. 25,3 x 20,3cm with margins.

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Lot n° 8 

NASA. Photograph from the Mount...

NASA. Photograph from the Mount Wilson Observatory. A beautiful and enigmatic view of the planet Saturn. Circa 1960.period silver print. Caption on paper label on the back. 20,4 x 25,3CM with margins.

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Lot n° 9 

NASA. Superb view of the mythical...

NASA. Superb view of the mythical rocket nicknamed "LITTLE JOE II" realized in 1963. We are at the beginning of the implementation of the APOLLO program and the NASA engineers begin to develop the Command and Service module of the future APOLLO missions...

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Lot n° 10 

NASA. Rangers VII. The Rangers...

NASA. Rangers VII. The Rangers VII spacecraft is approaching the lunar surface at high speed and is about to impact. Three seconds before the impact it transmits its last view of the lunar surface which becomes the first "close up" view of the lunar surface....

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Lot n° 11 

Nasa. Apollo LITTLE JOE rocket....

Nasa. Apollo LITTLE JOE rocket. On the White Sands base in New Mexico, the experiment of the "LITTLE JOE" rocket is intended to prove the effectiveness of the rescue device for the members of the Apollo missions in case of launch failure by projecting...

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Lot n° 12 

NASA. Rare and perfect aerial view...

NASA. Rare and perfect aerial view of the famous "Manned Spacecraft Center" in HOUSTON, TEXAS. December 28, 1964.period silver print on paper : "A KODAK PAPER". Number and mention NASA in the margin on the front. NASA logo and caption on the back. 20,5...

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Lot n° 13 

Nasa. Misison Gemini 4. Historical...

Nasa. Misison Gemini 4. Historical photograph. Astronaut Ed. White floats alone in Space in front of the globe and becomes the first American to perform a spacewalk in June 1965.Press print transmitted by telephone communication with a caption in the...

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Lot n° 14 

Nasa. Nice view of the Gemini 7...

Nasa. Nice view of the Gemini 7 spacecraft on December 15, 1965 during the historic rendezvous with the Gemini 6 spacecraft in earth orbit. Silver print of the period. Caption on the back. 20,3 x 25,5cm with margins.

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Lot n° 15 

Nasa. Rocket takeoff from Cape...

Nasa. Rocket takeoff from Cape Kennedy. Circa 1965. chromogenic print of the period. Annotations on the back. 25,3 x 20,5cm with margins.

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Lot n° 16 

NASA. Gemini 4 mission. Historic...

NASA. Gemini 4 mission. Historic exit of the 1st American Ed. White in Space on June 5, 1965. The Gemini 4 mission is the first of the space age to have an international audience. During this mission, the American White goes out in the vacuum, moving...

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Lot n° 17 

NASA. Gemini 4 mission. Historic...

NASA. Gemini 4 mission. Historic exit of the 1st American Ed. White in Space on June 5, 1965. The Gemini 4 mission is the first of the space age to have an international audience. During this mission, the American White goes out in the vacuum, moving...

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Lot n° 18 

Nasa. Rocket takeoff from Cape...

Nasa. Rocket takeoff from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Circa 1965.period chromogenic print on paper : "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK". 27,9 X 21,8CM with margins.

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Lot n° 19 

NASA. RANGER 9 mission. View of...

NASA. RANGER 9 mission. View of the lunar surface as it approaches its target. The lunar probe program "RANGERS" was composed of space probes intended to crash on the lunar surface. Shortly before the impact, the probes took photographic pictures which...

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Lot n° 20 

Nasa. Historic Gemini IV mission....

Nasa. Historic Gemini IV mission. Astronaut ED WHITE floats in the vacuum of space in front of the globe of an intense blue during his spacewalk on June 3, 1965. It is the 1st exit of an American astronaut in Space. Later chromogenic print. Numbering...

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Lot n° 21 

Nasa. Historic Gemini IV mission....

Nasa. Historic Gemini IV mission. The astronaut ED WHITE surrounded by his umbilical cord of survival floats around the Gemini IV capsule during his historic flight of June 3, 1965. It is the 1st exit of an American astronaut in the Space. Posterior chromogenic...

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Lot n° 22 

Nasa. LARGE FORMAT. Historic spacewalk...

Nasa. LARGE FORMAT. Historic spacewalk of astronaut ED. WHITE. White is wearing a specially designed spacesuit. His face is shaded by a gold-plated visor to protect him from the sun's unfiltered rays. In his right hand, he carries an HHSMU (Hand-Held...

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Lot n° 23 

NASA. This photograph of the Gemini...

NASA. This photograph of the Gemini Titan 7 spacecraft was taken from the Gemini Titan 6 (GT-6) spacecraft during the historic rendezvous of the two spacecraft on December 15, 1965. Chromogenic print (circa 1975) on "KODAK" paper. NASA logo in the margin...

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Lot n° 24 

Nasa. Space rendezvous between...

Nasa. Space rendezvous between Gemini 6 and Gemini 7. Numbering and stamp on the back. December 1965. Nasa. Space rendezvous between Gemini 6 and Gemini vessels 7. Numbering and stamp on the back. December 1965. Nasa. Raum Rendezvous zwischen Zwillinge...

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Lot n° 25 

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. Mission...

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. Mission LUNAR ORBITER II. Dark side of the Moon. Circa 1965. The "LUNAR ORBITER" Mission had for objective to carry out a detailed cartography of the lunar surface and to make it possible to locate the sites of lunar landing...

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Lot n° 26 

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. Mission...

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. Mission LUNAR ORBITER. Dark side of the Moon. Circa 1965. The "LUNAR ORBITER" Mission had for objective to carry out a detailed cartography of the lunar surface and to make it possible to locate the sites of lunar landing privileged...

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Lot n° 27 

NASA. View of the lunar surface...

NASA. View of the lunar surface by the Lunar Orbiter probe on October 6, 1966. Here a part of the dark side of the Moon including the Lansberg crater. Vintage silver print. 20,6 x 16,5cm with margins.

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Lot n° 28 

Nasa. Bean launch of the ATLAS-AGENA...

Nasa. Bean launch of the ATLAS-AGENA rocket whose module will be joined by the astronauts Charles CONRAD and Richard GORDON on board the Gemini spacecraft. September 12, 1966. Slightly posterior chromogenic print on "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK"...

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Lot n° 29 

NASA. Earth Orbit Rendezvous of...

NASA. Earth Orbit Rendezvous of the Gemini 11 Mission. September 1966.1966 chromogenic print on paper : "A KODAK PAPER". Stamp "Mc DONNELL AIRCRAFT CORPORATION" on the back and numbering stamp "D4C 41061" on the back. 21.9 x 27.9CM with margins.

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Lot n° 30 

NASA. Earth orbit space rendezvous...

NASA. Earth orbit space rendezvous of the Gemini 11 mission. The Agena target docking vehicle is about 100 meters away from the Gemini-11 spacecraft. This view was taken after the tether between the two vehicles was disconnected. Gemini-11 crew members...

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Lot n° 31 

Nasa. Recovery at sea of astronauts...

Nasa. Recovery at sea of astronauts David Scott and Neil Armstrong, Gemini 8 mission. March 1966. vintage silver print. Press text on the back with stamp and handwritten annotations, date stamp : " MAR 20 1966". 22 x 19,4cm with margins.

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Lot n° 32 

NASA. GEMINI XII mission. View...

NASA. GEMINI XII mission. View of the Earth from Space. Texas and Mexico City (Chihuahua and Coahuila) seen from Gemini XII during its 44th Earth revolution. November 14, 1966. vintage silver print on "A KODAK PAPER" paper. Number and mention NASA in...

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Lot n° 33 

NASA. GEMINI mission. View from...

NASA. GEMINI mission. View from Space of the Middle East with the delimitation of its borders. 1966.1966 vintage silver print on paper: "A KODAK PAPER". Number and mention NASA in the margin on the front. NASA logo and typed caption on the back. 20.3...

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Lot n° 34 

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Nice azimuthal...

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. Nice azimuthal view of the Moon taken by the LUNAR ORBITER probe on November 19, 1966. Vintage silver print. Legends and references in the margin on the front. 60,8 x 50,9CM with margins. The "LUNAR ORBITER" Mission was designed to...

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Lot n° 35 

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. LUNAR...

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. LUNAR ORBITER 1 mission. "HIGH RESOLUTION FRAME 136, FAR SIDE". Dark side of the Moon.1966. The "LUNAR ORBITER" Mission had for objective to carry out a detailed cartography of the lunar surface and to make it possible to locate...

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Lot n° 36 

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. LUNAR...

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. LUNAR ORBITER 1 mission. "HIGH RESOLUTION FRAME 136, FAR SIDE". Dark side of the Moon. Circa 1966. The objective of the "LUNAR ORBITER" Mission was to carry out a detailed mapping of the lunar surface and to locate the preferred...

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Lot n° 37 

NASA. Recovery of an astronaut...

NASA. Recovery of an astronaut at sea. Circa 1965.period silver print. 20,7 x 25,4cm with margins.

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Lot n° 38 

NASA. LUNAR ORBITER III mission....

NASA. LUNAR ORBITER III mission. View of Hyginus crater with a diameter of 6.5 miles. 1966.Vintage silver print. 20.6 x 25.5CM with margins.

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Lot n° 39 

NASA. Beautiful view in the Pacific...

NASA. Beautiful view in the Pacific Ocean of the APOLLO 4 capsule floating next to the inflated parachute of nearly 24 meters in diameter. The APOLLO 4 capsule returns to Earth unmanned for a test mission to test the capsule's heat shield for re-entry...

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Lot n° 40 

NASA. LUNAR ORBITER V mission....

NASA. LUNAR ORBITER V mission. View of the lunar landscape. August 1967.period silver print. Caption on the back. Stamp. 20,4X25,6CM with margins.

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Lot n° 41 

NASA. Superb view of the far side...

NASA. Superb view of the far side of the Moon by the space probe LUNAR ORBITER V. It is thanks to the detailed observations of the LUNAR ORBITER missions that NASA was able to choose the landing sites for the APOLLO missions from 1969. The photographs...

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Lot n° 42 

Nasa. The first color image of...

Nasa. The first color image of the Earth, composed of images taken in 1967 by the ATS-3 satellite. Later chromogenic print. References in margins in the image. References on label on the back. 20,4 x 25,5cm with margins.

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Lot n° 43 

Nasa. LARGE FORMAT. Apollo 4. Rare...

Nasa. LARGE FORMAT. Apollo 4. Rare photograph of a crescent of Earth from space. This photograph was taken automatically during the first Apollo Mission using a Satrune V rocket. This mission lasted nearly 90 minutes and the space altitude reached was...

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Lot n° 44 

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. LUNAR...

NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. LUNAR ORBITER III mission. "SPACE CRAFT FRAME #121, HIGH RESOLUTION". Dark side of the Moon. March 23, 1967. The objective of the "LUNAR ORBITER" mission was to carry out a detailed mapping of the lunar surface and to locate...

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Lot n° 45 

NASA. Beautiful view of the hidden...

NASA. Beautiful view of the hidden side of the Moon by the crew of the APOLLO 8 miission. This oblique view of the lunar ground reveals a very contrasted relief where are concentrated numerous craters resulting from the intensive bombardment of the hidden...

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Lot n° 46 

NASA. APOLLO 8 mission. Historic...

NASA. APOLLO 8 mission. Historic liftoff of the SATURNE V rocket from Cape Kenndy, Florida on December 21, 1968. The APOLLO 8 mission, composed of astronauts Frank BORMAN, James LOVELL and William ANDERS, will be the first in history to take men out of...

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Lot n° 47 

NASA. Historic takeoff of the SATURNE...

NASA. Historic takeoff of the SATURNE V rocket which carries on board the crew of the APOLLO 8 mission which will be composed of the first men to move away from the terrestrial orbit to reach the lunar orbit. It is also the first time that Man will discover...

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Lot n° 48 

Nasa. Apollo 7 Commander Walter...

Nasa. Apollo 7 Commander Walter M. Schirra and Command Module Commander Donn F. Eisel hold a humorous message in their hands in front of the camera at the end of the direct television broadcast with the people of Earth. They have just tested new protocols...

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Lot n° 49 

Nasa. A nice view of the Saturn...

Nasa. A nice view of the Saturn IVB rocket stage photographed from the Apollo 7 module during the Earth orbit joining maneuver. The distance between the two spacecraft is approximately 20 meters. The round white disk in the opening of the Saturn IVB rocket...

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Lot n° 50 

Nasa. It is almost a vertical photograph...

Nasa. It is almost a vertical photograph of the lunar ground above the hidden side of the Moon. Made from the orbiting module of the Apollo 8 mission, this photograph shows an area approximately 30 km wide. December 1968. chromogenic print on "A KODAK...

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