NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. Mission LUNAR ORBITER... Lot 25

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 privileged for the future missions APOLLO. The space probes "LUNAR ORBITER" carried out thanks to a very sophisticated photographic material of the photographs which were developed in lunar orbit then, scanned and sent in the form of analogical signals on Earth. These signals were then decoded to give rise to superb lunar photographic landscapes. All of them have the remarkable characteristic of being taken at the zenith of their observation surface. Handwritten reference annotation in the margin on the front. 60,7 x 51 cm with margins.