BREESE LITTLE
Encountering the Astronomical Sublime Vintage NASA Photographs 1961 – 1980
Encountering the Astronomical Sublime: Vintage NASA Photographs 1961 - 1980 19 September – 25 October 2014
Encountering the Astronomical Sublime: Vintage NASA Photographs 1961 - 1980 30b Great Sutton Street London, EC1V 0DU 19 September – 25 October 2014 Suddenly, from behind the rim of the Moon, in long, slow-motion moments of immense majesty, there emerges a sparkling blue and white jewel, a light, delicate sky-blue sphere laced with slowly swirling veils of white, rising gradually like a small pearl in a thick sea of black mystery. It takes more than a moment to fully realise this is Earth…home. Edgar Mitchell (b.1930), Apollo 14 Encountering the Astronomical Sublime: Vintage NASA Photographs 1961 - 1980 follows the critical success of For All Mankind: Vintage NASA Photographs 1964 – 1983 (January – February 2014) and addresses the ‘sublime’ in historic NASA photography. The sublime is perceived in the presence of power, awe and scale, and felt in the sensation of helplessness at the realisation of our own insignificance. And yet it entails a sense of empowerment as we measure, map, quantify and record, seeking to understand the mysteries of the solar system and the universe through science, logic and technology. The exhibition borrows its title from Elizabeth Kessler’s publication Picturing the Cosmos: Hubble Space Telescope Images and the Astronomical Sublime (2012). Kessler establishes the sublime as an integral conceptual framework for interpreting Hubble Space Telescope images due to the manner in which they are produced and released by NASA. The incomprehensible scale of astronomical phenomena and energy wavelengths unperceivable to the human eye, are selected, framed, layered and artificially coloured to create intentionally beautiful images of the cosmos. Far from objective records, they are crafted to epitomise an unknowable grandeur. The pursuit of the sublime in NASA photography is, however, guided by fiscal motives as the release of carefully composed images by the Hubble Heritage Project is part of a much wider campaign to enchant the taxpayer. Images are far greater ambassadors for public expenditure than huge swathes of raw astronomical data, a fact embraced
and exploited by NASA’s public relations department for over half a century. So while the most aesthetically arresting images released by NASA might retain an air of jovial naivety, or a childlike abandon spent on the surface of the Moon, their beauty is not purely incidental. This new collection features over 80 vintage photographic works, including a unique tiled mosaic composed of 76 individual two inch-square black and white photographs, as well as rare medium format (28 x 35 cm) and regular format (20 x 25 cm) vintage photographs. The selected images have significant aesthetic merit beyond their primary function as documentation, whether through careful framing or cropping, atmospheric light effects, a compelling sense of scale and grandeur or geological formations which border on the abstract. Subjects include the Sun, Venus, the Earth, the Moon, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter, with photographs taken as part of the Surveyor, Lunar Orbiter, Gemini, Apollo, Mariner, Viking, Voyager and Skylab missions. The sublime in NASA photographs from the 1960s and 70s, the Hubble Space Telescope and Hubble Heritage Project and, more recently, those captured by the Curiosity Rover on Mars, is a vital component of their production and function. Kessler presents compelling and extensive links between the Romantic landscapes of the American West, captured and depicted in the late nineteenth century by painters Thomas Moran (1837 – 1926) and Albert Bierstadt (1830 – 1902) and photographers William Henry Jackson (1843 – 1942) and Timothy O’Sullivan (1840 – 1882). Embracing the majesty of their subject, these artists developed a visual language of the sublime which Kessler identifies in the Hubble Heritage Project images. The influence of iconic landscape photographer Ansel Adams (1902 – 1984) is likewise discernible in NASA photography from both past and present missions. BREESE LITTLE are delighted to present this new exhibition following the significant acclaim of For All Mankind: Vintage NASA Photographs 1964 – 1983 (January – February 2014), which included press coverage across The Guardian, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, CBS, BBC Mundo, NBC News, Shortlist, Metro, Daily Mail Online, ELEPHANT, Monocle, PORT, Esquire, Buzz Feed UK, Photomonitor, History Revealed, ArtLyst, Juxtapoz, Le Cool, The Atlantic, Co.Design, Gizmodo and The Escapist. The collection was also exhibited at Photo Shanghai, a new art fair dedicated to photography in September 2014.
IMPORTANT: Sale Notes The photographs in this catalogue are guaranteed as vintage NASA prints, processed by NASA’s photographic laboratories. Generally speaking, vintage NASA photographs were printed on fibre-based photographic paper, 20 x 25 cm (8 x 10 in). Most are printed on “A Kodak Paper”, a watermark which changed in 1972. Some, roughly a third, are printed on the reverse in purple ink with the NASA logo, the issuing centre, the identification number (mission-film magazine-frame), the date the picture was taken and an explanatory caption. Colour (chromogenic) prints on heavier weight paper are commonly blank on the back, as were certain print runs made for internal use or for the agency’s subcontracting firms. This collection also includes a number of vintage large-format photographs, printed for scientists or for presentation to visiting dignitaries. They rarely appear on the market and are included here at the beginning of the catalogue on light grey pages. Also included is a rare and unusual hand mosaic, composed of 76 individual two by two inch photographs stapled to sheets of U. S. Geological Survey cartographic paper. These were produced ahead of the Apollo missions to survey the terrain in search of suitable landing sites. NASA produced master duplicates of all negatives after each mission, while the originals were locked away in cold store. From the master duplicates photographs were printed and distributed for the use of NASA’s own scientists and public relations department. In subsequent years, NASA destroyed many of these original prints as they were archived on the internet and true vintage prints are subsequently hard to find. Vintage NASA photographs are not ‘editioned’ in any conventional sense, and there is an unknown but certainly finite number of them in open circulation. Unless otherwise stated, all photographs are glossy prints on paper. The NASA reference numbers within square brackets do not appear on the prints and are provided for reference. Individual condition reports are available upon request, but all photographs are sold as seen. Prices exclude VAT and framing. VAT can also be charged at 6.7% using HMRC Margin Scheme.
James McDivitt Ed White walking in space (EVA) Gemini 4, June 1965 Large-format vintage chromogenic print, 27.8 x 35.6 cm [NASA negative number S65-29766] ÂŁ5,000 Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot for the Gemini-Titan 4 (GT-4) spaceflight, floats in the zero-gravity of space during the third revolution of the GT-4 spacecraft. White wears a specially designed spacesuit. His face is shaded by a gold-plated visor to protect him from unfiltered rays of the sun. In his right hand he carries a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit (HHSMU) that gives him control over his movements in space. White also wears an emergency oxygen chest pack; and he carries a camera mounted on the HHSMU for taking pictures of the sky, Earth and the GT-4 spacecraft. He is secured to the spacecraft by a 25-feet umbilical line and a 23-feet tether line. Both lines are wrapped together in gold tape to form one cord. Astronaut James A. McDivitt, command pilot, remained inside the spacecraft during the extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut White died in the Apollo/Saturn 204 fire at Cape Kennedy on 27 January 1967.
James McDivitt Ed White walking in space over New Mexico (EVA) Gemini 4, June 1965 Large format vintage chromogenic print, 27.8 x 35.6 cm [NASA negative number S65-30433] £9,000 Flight pilot Edward H. White II during his twenty-minute spacewalk in the zero gravity of space, with 15 kg of equipment on his back and attached to the spacecraft by a 25-ft umbilical line and a 23-ft tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand White carries a Hand-Held Self Manoeuvring Unit – an oxygen-jet gun – with a camera mounted above. The visor of his helmet is gold-plated to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun. Three months after the spacewalk of cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, Ed White became the first American to perform an EVA (Extravehicular Activity). During the third orbit of Earth he opened the hatch of the capsule, pushed himself out and floated in space for 21 minutes. During his spacewalk Ed White took the first photograph of a spacecraft in orbit. Completely entranced by the experience, he resisted repeated calls from Houston to get back to the craft. “This is the saddest moment of my life” was his response on reluctantly returning. “I took most of these photographs without being able to see what I was shooting at. The Gemini spacecraft was quite small, and I have a very tall sitting height. My head was up against the canopy or the hatch when I wasn’t pressurised, and when I was pressurised I was really crunched up in there and I couldn’t move around much. So I’d take the camera down and look to see where Ed was, and then put the camera up, point in that direction, and take the picture. I’m a good pistol and rifle shot. Maybe that helped.” James McDivitt.
Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina Gemini 9, June 1966 Large format vintage chromogenic print, 28.2 x 35.7 cm [NASA negative number S66-38317] Title and technical details in ink on verso ÂŁ900
Peru and the Andes Mountains Gemini 9, June 1966 Large format vintage chromogenic print, 28.3 x 35.2 cm [NASA negative number S66-38305] Title and technical details in ink on verso ÂŁ750
Peru, west coast south of Lima Gemini 9, June 1966 Large format vintage chromogenic print, 28.3 x 35.2 cm [NASA negative number S66-38281] Title and technical details in ink on verso ÂŁ750
Gulf Coast, Galveston to Mobile Bay Gemini 11, September 1966 Large format vintage chromogenic print, 35.4 x 28.3 cm [NASA negative number S66-54563] Title and technical details in ink on verso ÂŁ900
The Agena target vehicle tethered to Gemini 11 Gemini 11, September 1966 Large format vintage chromogenic print, 28.2 x 35.2 cm [NASA negative number S66-54571] Title and technical details in ink on verso ÂŁ900
Lunar Surveyor mosaic, photographs taken on the surface of the Moon Day 327, Survey DD, Sector 15 Surveyor 1, United States Geological Survey, May 1966 Hand mosaic, 76 individual 5 x 5 cm vintage instant prints, numbered in ink, and stapled to U. S. Geological Survey cartographic paper in overlapping formation with printed notations and caption 76.8 x 36.5 cm ÂŁPOA Surveyor missions began to photograph the surface of the Moon in June 1966 and continued for two years. In all, there were seven missions with five successful Moon landings. Produced to scan the terrain for the manned Apollo landing in 1969, these images were transmitted back to Earth and intricately placed according to thematic plans.
John Glenn Orbital Sunrise Mercury Atlas 6, February 1962 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.5 x 25.9 cm NASA S65-3428 £400 “When I was back on Earth, they asked me about the day and I said, What can you say about a day when you’ve had four sunsets and four sunrises?” J. Glenn. Each orbit lasted 90 minutes.
Solar flare Skylab 3, December 1973 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.5 x 25.5 cm NASA/JPL S-74-15564 ÂŁ600
Alan Shepard Landing site with brilliant Sun glare Apollo 14, February 1971 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.5 x 25.5 cm NASA AS14-67-9367 ÂŁ800 The Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM) as seen by the two Moonexploring crewmen of the Apollo 14 lunar landing mission, photographed against a brilliant sun glare during the first extravehicular activity (EVA). A bright trail left in the lunar soil by the two-wheeled modularized equipment transporter (MET) leads from the LM. While astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, were exploring the moon, astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, was maneuvering the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.
Martian sunset Viking Lander 1, August 1976 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.4 x 25.5 cm ÂŁ800 Viking 1 Lander image of a Martian sunset over Chryse Planitia. In this image the sun is 2 degrees below the local horizon. The banding in the sky is an artefact produced by the incremental brightness levels of the camera. This image was taken on the 30th Martian day (sol) after touchdown, at 19:13 local time. The camera is pointing towards the southwest.
The Earth seen during trans-lunar coast phase Apollo 10, May 1969 Vintage chromogenic print, 20 x 25.4 cm NASA AS10-34-5022 ÂŁ800
Earth seen on the return trip from the Moon Apollo 8, December 1968 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.4 x 25.4 cm NASA AS8-15-2561 ÂŁ1,000 View of Earth as photographed by the Apollo 8 astronauts on their return trip from the Moon. Note that the terminator is straighter than on the outbound pictures. The terminator crosses Australia. India is visible. The sun reflection is within the Indian Ocean.
Thomas Stafford The near-full Earth from 36,000 miles, centred on North America Apollo 10, May 1969 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.3 x 25.4 cm NASA AS10-34-5013, caption on verso ÂŁ1,000 A view of Earth from 36,000 nautical miles away as photographed from the Apollo 10 spacecraft during its translunar journey toward the Moon. While the Yucatan Peninsula is obscured by clouds, nearly all of Mexico north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec can be clearly delineated. The Gulf of California and Baja California and the San Joaquin Valley can be easily identified. Also, the delta of the Rio Grande River and the Texas coast are visible. Note the colour differences (greens - east, browns - west) along the 100 degrees meridian. The crew members on Apollo 10 are astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, commander; John W. Young, command module pilot; and Eugene E. Cernan, lunar module pilot. Astronaut Young remained in lunar orbit, in the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Charlie Brown", while astronauts Stafford and Cernan descended to within nine miles of the lunar surface, in the Lunar Module (LM) "Snoopy".
Crescent Earth from 10,000 miles Apollo 4, November 1967 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.3 x 25.4 cm NASA AS4-1-410, caption on verso £1,200 Positioned in the capsule of the unmanned spacecraft, an automatic 70mm Maurer camera took this beautiful view of the quarter crescent Earth from a distance of about 10,000 miles. Apollo 4 was the first test flight of Wernher von Braun’s colossal three-stage Saturn V rocket destined for the Moon.
View of the Earth seen from 10,000 miles on the outward journey Apollo 11, July 1969 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.1 x 25.4 cm NASA AS11-36-5337 £1,200 This view of Earth showing clouds over its surface was photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft during its translunar journey toward the Moon. The spacecraft was already about 10,000 nautical miles from Earth when this picture was taken. Portions of the land mass of North America and Central America can be seen. Aboard Apollo 11 were astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. “The world of the 1970s will be vastly different from the world of the 1960s, and many of the changes in it will result directly from the new perspective that we have suddenly acquired. By heeding the lessons learned in the last decade, and attacking our many problems with the same spirit, determination, and skill with which we have ventured into space, we can make “this island Earth” a better planet on which to live.” George M. Low, NASA Administrator, October 1970.
William Anders The Earth, Africa and South America illuminated Apollo 8, December 1968 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS8-16-2588 £1,000 “The Earth is now passing through my window. It’s about as big as the end of my thumb. Waters are all sort of a royal blue. Clouds of course are bright white.” J. Lovell, Apollo 8 air-to-ground transmission..
United States, Mexico, Central America Apollo 16, April 1972 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.2 cm NASA AS16-118-18880 ÂŁ1,000 A view of Earth photographed about one hour after translunar injection on April 16, 1972. Although there is much cloud cover, the United States in large part, most of Mexico and some of Central America are clearly visible. Note the Great Lakes (Michigan and Superior) and the Bahama Banks (note different shade of blue below Florida). While astronauts John W. Young, commander, and Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Orion" to explore the Descartes highlands region of the moon, astronaut Thomas K. (Ken) Mattingly II, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Casper" in lunar orbit.
The Earth, a still from the live telecast Apollo 8, December 1968 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.5 x 25.4 cm NASA 68-H-1413 ÂŁ600
The Arabian Peninsula and the Horn of Africa Apollo 17, December 1972 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.5 x 25.4 cm NASA AS17-148-22718 ÂŁ1,000 This excellent view of Saudi Arabia and the north eastern portion of the African continent was photographed by the Apollo 17 astronauts with a hand-held camera on their trans-lunar coast toward man's last lunar visit. Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia are some of the African nations are visible. Iran, Iraq, Jordan are not so clearly visible because of cloud cover and their particular location in the picture. India is dimly visible at right of frame. The Red Sea is seen entirely in this one single frame, a rare occurrence in Apollo photography or any photography taken from manned spacecraft. The Gulf of Suez, the Dead Sea, Gulf of Aden, Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman are also visible. This frame is one of 169 frames on film magazine NN carried aboard Apollo 17, all of which are SO368 (colour) film. A 250mm lens on a 70mm Hasselblad camera recorded the image, one of 92 taken during the trans-lunar coast.
Shanghai and the Yangtze River from orbit Gemini 5, August 1965 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.5 x 25.3 cm NASA G66-2521, caption on verso ÂŁ500
The Earth from an altitude of 90 miles, a double view Gemini 3, March 1965 Vintage gelatin silver print, 25.5 x 20.5 cm NASA S65-18752 ÂŁ400 View of a cloudy part of Earth as seen from the Gemini-3 spacecraft while in orbit.
Richard Gordon India and Sri Lanka Gemini 11, September 1966 Vintage chromogenic print, S66-54677 £700 India and Sri Lanka as seen from the orbiting Gemini 11 spacecraft at an altitude of 410 nautical miles during its 26th revolution of Earth. The Indian Ocean is at bottom of picture; at left center is Arabian Sea; and at upper right is Bay of Bengal. The Maldives Islands are near nose of spacecraft. Taken with a modified 70mm Hasselblad camera, using Eastman Kodak, Ektachrome, MS. (S.O. 368) colour film. “The photographs I remember best from Gemini 11 were those taken during the high-altitude portion of the flight, especially that very famous one of the subcontinent of India in its entirety.” R. Gordon.
Central Florida, Cape Kennedy at centre left Gemini 11, September 1966 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA S65-54565 ÂŁ600
Central Florida Gemini 11, September 1966 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.5 x 25.4 cm ÂŁ600
Command and Service Module seen from the Lunar Module Apollo 9, March 1969 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS9-24-3646 ÂŁ800
The Command and Service Modules docking with the Lunar Module Apollo 17, December 1972 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.2 cm NASA AS17-145-22254 ÂŁ800 An excellent view of the Apollo 17 Command and Service Modules (CSM) photographed from the Lunar Module (LM) "Challenger" during rendezvous and docking manoeuvres in lunar orbit. The LM ascent stage, with astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt aboard, had just returned from the Taurus-Littrow landing site on the lunar surface. Astronaut Ronald E. Evans remained with the CSM in lunar orbit. Note the exposed Scientific Instrument Module (SIM) Bay in Sector 1 of the Service Module (SM). Three experiments are carried in the SIM bay: S-209 lunar sounder, S-171 infrared scanning spectrometer, and the S-169 far-ultraviolet spectrometer. Also mounted in the SIM bay are the panoramic camera, mapping camera and laser altimeter used in service module photographic tasks. A portion of the LM is on the right.
James McDivitt Ed White walking in space (EVA) Gemini 4, June 1965 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.4 x 25.1 cm NASA S65-29766 £1,000 “It will free man from the remaining chains, of gravity which still Tie him to this planet.” Werner von Braun, of the Saturn V Rocket.
EVA during the return trip to Earth to inspect the SIM Bay Apollo 16, April 1972 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA S-72-37001 ÂŁ800 Astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, performs an extravehicular activity (EVA) during the Apollo 16 trans-Earth coast. Mattingly is assisted by astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot. Mattingly inspected the SIM Bay or Service Module (SM), and retrieved film from the Mapping and Panoramic Cameras. Mattingly is wearing the helmet of astronaut John W. Young, commander. The helmet's lunar EVA visor assembly helped protect Mattingly's eyes from the bright sun. This view is a frame from motion picture film exposed by a 16mm Maurer camera.
James McDivitt Ed White walking in space over the Gulf of Mexico Gemini 4, June 1965 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.3 x 25.4 cm NASA S65-30429, caption on verso ÂŁ1,400 Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot of the Gemini IV four-day Earthorbital mission, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft. White wears a specially designed spacesuit; and the visor of the helmet is gold plated to protect him against the unfiltered rays of the sun. He wears an emergency oxygen pack, also. He is secured to the spacecraft by a 25-feet umbilical line and a 23-feet tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand is a HandHeld Self-Manoeuvering Unit (HHSMU) with which he controls his movements in space. Astronaut James A. McDivitt, command pilot of the mission, remained inside the spacecraft.
Gerald Carr Edward Gibson leaving the hatchway Skylab 4, February 1974 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA S74-17456 ÂŁ800 Scientist-astronaut Edward G. Gibson has just egressed the Skylab EVA hatchway in this frame taken from a roll of movie film exposed by a 16mm Maurer camera. Astronaut Gerald P. Carr, Skylab 4 commander, took this picture during the final Skylab extravehicular activity (EVA) which took place on Feb. 3, 1974. Carr was above on the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) when he shot this frame of Gibson. Note Carr's umbilical/tether line extending from inside the space station up toward the camera. Astronaut William R. Pogue, Skylab 4 pilot, remained inside the space station during the EVA by Carr and Gibson.
David Scott Russell Schweickart tests the new Apollo spacesuit Apollo 9, March 1969 Vintage chromogenic print, 20 x 25.4 cm NASA AS9-19-2982 ÂŁ800 Schweickart operates his 70 mm Hasselblad camera outside the Lunar Module with the Earth reflected in his visor.
James McDivitt Ed White walking in space over Texas Gemini 4, June 1965 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.4 x 25.4 cm NASA S65-3428, caption on verso ÂŁ1,000
James McDivitt Ed White walking in space over southern California Gemini 4, June 1965 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.3 x 25.4 cm NASA S65-30430, caption on verso ÂŁ1,200 Astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot on the Gemini-Titan 4 spaceflight, is shown during his egress from the spacecraft. His face is covered by a shaded visor to protect him from the unfiltered rays of the sun. White became the first American astronaut to walk in space. He remained outside the spacecraft for 21 minutes during the third revolution of the Gemini 4 mission. He wears a specially designed spacesuit for the extravehicular activity (EVA). In his right hand, he carries a HandHeld Self-Manoeuvering Unit (HHSMU) with which he controlled his movements while in space. He was attached to the spacecraft by a 25-feet umbilical line and a 23-feet tether line, both wrapped together with gold tape to form one cord. He wears an emergency oxygen supply chest pack. Astronaut James A. McDivitt is command pilot for the Gemini 4 mission.
Lunar Module with landing gear deployed Apollo 9, March 1969 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS9-21-3212 ÂŁ800 A view of the Apollo 9 Lunar Module (LM), "Spider", in a lunar landing configuration, as photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 Earthorbital mission. The landing gear on the "Spider" has been deployed. Lunar surface probes (sensors) extend out from landing gear foot pads. Inside the "Spider" were astronauts James A. McDivitt, Apollo 9 commander, and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot. Astronaut David R. Scott, command module pilot, remained at the controls in the Command Module (CM), "Gumdrop", while the other two astronauts checked out the Lunar Module.
Lunar Module ascent stage Apollo 9, March 1969 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS9-21-3236 ÂŁ800 The Lunar Module "Spider" ascent stage is photographed from the Command/Service Module on the fifth day of the Apollo 9 earth-orbital mission. The Lunar Module's descent stage had already been jettisoned.
The Command Module splashes down in the Pacific Apollo 14, February 1971 Vintage chromogenic print, 25.5 x 20.4 cm ÂŁ600 The Apollo 14 Spacecraft containing astronauts Alan B. Shepherd, JR., Stuart A. Roosa and Edgar D. Mitchell parachutes to a safe Splashdown into the Pacific Ocean
Wide-angle view of the far side of the Moon Lunar Orbiter 5, August 1967 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.5 x 25.4 cm [NASA 67-H-1103], caption on verso ÂŁ800
William Anders The eastern hemisphere of the Moon Apollo 8, December 1968 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS8-14-2505 ÂŁ900
William Anders Close-up view of the Moon Apollo 8, December 1968 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.1 x 25.4 cm NASA AS8-14-2484 ÂŁ1,000
Bright-rayed crater on the far side of the Moon Apollo 13, April 1970 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.1 x 25.5 cm NASA AS13-60-8675 ÂŁ900 This bright-rayed crater on the lunar farside was photographed from the Apollo 13 spacecraft during its pass around the Moon. This area is northeast of Mare Marginus. The bright-rayed crater is located at about 105 degrees east longitude and 45 degrees north latitude. The crater JoliotCurie is located between Mare Marginus and the rayed crater. This view is looking generally toward the northeast.
Lunar surface and horizon Lunar Orbiter II, November 1966 Vintage gelatin silver print, 21 x 24.5 cm NASA S66-68711 ÂŁ800
William Anders The Crater Langrenus Apollo 8, December 1968 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.4 x 25.4 cm NASA AS8-16-2615 ÂŁ600
The lunar surface from orbit Apollo 14, January 1971 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.2 x 25.5 cm NASA AS14-70-9778 ÂŁ500
Craters on the lunar farside Apollo 11, July 1969 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.2 x 25.5 cm NASA AS11-43-6422 ÂŁ600 An Apollo 11 oblique view of the lunar farside. These two oddshaped craters are located midway between International Astronomical Union craters 218 and 220, and are centered at 155 degrees east longitude and 3 degrees north latitude. The craters total approximately 13.5 statute miles in length and 7.5 statute miles in width at their widest point.
Kant and Zollner lunar craters Apollo 14, January 1971 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.5 x 25.8 cm AS14-70-9781 ÂŁ500
James Irwin Mount Hadley and St George Crater Apollo 15, August 1971 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm [NASA AS15-82-11179] ÂŁ900 Rim Crater with a diameter of 45 metres is in the foreground.
Lunar boulders, St. George Crater beyond Apollo 15, July 1971 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS15-82-11147 ÂŁ900
A lunar boulder Apollo 14, February 1971 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS14-68-9451 ÂŁ800 A close-up view of a large boulder in a field of boulders near the rim of Cone Crater, which was photographed by the Apollo 14 moon-explorers during the mission's second extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, descended in the Apollo 14 Lunar Module (LM) to explore the lunar surface while astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.
Edgar Mitchell Alan Shepard walks towards the Lunar Module Apollo 14, January 1971 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA AS14-68-9486 ÂŁ900
Eugene Cernan Harrison Schmitt and the Lunar Rover Apollo 17, December 1972 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.3 x 25.4 cm NASA AS17-137-21011, caption on verso ÂŁ800 An excellent view of the desolate lunarscape at Station 4 showing scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt, lunar module pilot, working at the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the second Apollo 17 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the TaurusLittrow landing site. This is the area where Schmitt first spotted the orange soil, the orange soil is clearly visible on either side of the LRV in this picture. Shorty Crater is to the right, and the peak in the center background is Family Mountain. A portion of South Massif is on the horizon at the left edge. This photograph was taken by astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, commander. While astronauts Cernan and Schmitt descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Challenger" to explore the moon, astronaut Ronald E. Evans, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.
James Irwin David Scott and the Lunar Rover Apollo 15, August 1971 Vintage gelatin silver print, 23.8 x 20.5 cm [NASA AS15-85-11451] ÂŁ900 Astronaut David R. Scott, mission commander, performs a task at the Lunar Roving Vehicle parked on the edge of Hadley Rille during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA). This photograph was taken by astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, from the flank of St. George Crater. The view is looking north along the rille. Measuring one mile across and 1,000 feet deep, the winding canyon is littered with boulders and stretches for almost 80 miles along the edge of the Marsh of Decay.
Charles Duke John Young at the Lunar Rover Apollo 16, April 1972 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.3 x 25.4 cm NASA AS16-110-17960 ÂŁ900 Astronaut John W. Young, commander, replaces tools in the Apollo Lunar Hand Tool (ALHT) carrier at the aft end of the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the second Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the high side of Stone Mountain at the Descartes landing site. Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, took this photograph near the conclusion of Station 4 activities. Smoky Mountain, with the large Ravine Crater on its flank, is in the left background. This view is looking northeast. While astronauts Young and Duke descended in the Apollo 16 Lunar Module (LM) "Orion" to explore the Descartes highlands landing site on the moon, astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) "Casper" in lunar orbit.
David Scott James Irwin at the Lunar Rover by the Lunar Module Apollo 15, July 1971 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.1 x 25.4 cm NASA AS15-86-11601 ÂŁ900 Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, works at the Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) during the first Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The Lunar Module (LM) "Falcon" is on the left. The un-deployed Laser Ranging Retro Reflector (LR-3) lies atop the LM's modular equipment stowage assembly (MESA). This view is looking slightly west of south. Hadley Delta and the Apennine Front are in the background to the left. St. George crater is approximately five kilometres (about three statute miles) in the distance behind Irwin's head. This photograph was taken by astronaut David R. Scott, commander. While astronauts Scott and Irwin descended in the LM to explore the Moon, astronaut Alfred M. Worden, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Module (CSM) in lunar orbit.
US flag seen from the Lunar Module Apollo 14, February 1971 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.3 x 25.4 cm NASA AS14-66-9325 ÂŁ600 The third United States flag to be deployed on the lunar surface, footprints, wheel tracks and the "Rickshaw"-type portable workbench, as seen by the two Moon-exploring astronauts from inside the Lunar Module (LM), give evidence of a busy first extravehicular activity (EVA) period. The twowheeled cart is the Apollo modularized equipment transporter (MET), covered with a sheet of foil material to protect the cameras and rock box between EVAs. While astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander, and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot, descended in the LM, astronaut Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.
Charles Duke John Young collects lunar samples Apollo 16, April 1972 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.3 x 25.4 cm NASA AS16-106-17340 ÂŁ800 Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, is photographed collecting lunar samples near North Ray Crater during the third Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Descartes landing site. This picture was taken by astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot. Young is using the lunar surface rake and a set of tongs. The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) is parked in the field of large boulders in the background. While astronauts Young and Duke descended in the Lunar Module (LM) "Orion" to explore the moon, astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) in lunar orbit.
Charles Duke John Young examines a lunar boulder Apollo 16, April 1972 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.2 x 25.3 cm NASA AS16-106-17413 ÂŁ800 Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, looks over a large boulder at Station No.13 during the third Apollo 16 extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Descartes landing site. This was the site of the permanently shadowed soil sample which was taken from a hole extending under overhanging rock. Astronaut Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, took this photograph. Concerning Young's reaching under the big rock, Duke remarked: "You do that in west Texas and you get a rattlesnake!"
Distant Earth over the Lunar Module Apollo 11, July 1969 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.4 x 26 cm [NASA negative number AS11-40-5923] £900 The back of the LM ascent stage in the foreground. “I guess the question that everyone has in the back of his mind is how do I feel about having to leave them on the lunar surface? … They know and I know, and Mission Control knows, that there are certain categories of malfunction where I just simply light the motor and come home without them.” Michael Collins.
The last lift-off from the Moon Apollo 17, December 1972 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.6 x 25.4 cm NASA S-72-55422, caption on verso £600 At 4.54 pm on Thursday 14 December 1972, after three days on the Moon, the “Challenger” ascent state lifts off in this still from a colour transmission made by the RCA TV camera mounted on the lunar roving vehicle. The Lunar Module descent stage was used as a launch platform and remains on the Moon. At its foot the crew left a letter which read: “Here man ended his exploration of the Moon, December 1972. May the spirit of peace, in the name of which we came here, reflect upon the life of all mankind.”
Command Module seen from the Lunar Module just after separation Apollo 16, April 1972 Vintage chromogenic print, 19.7 x 25.4 cm NASA AS16-113-18294 ÂŁ900 The Apollo 16 Command and Service Modules (CSM), as seen from the Lunar Module (LM, out of view) above terrain on the lunar farside. The two spacecraft had just undocked. The LM and CSM were out of communication at the time of this photograph's exposure, but shortly acquired the signal as they moved separately to Earth's side of the Moon. While astronauts John W. Young, commander; and Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, descended in the Apollo 16 LM "Orion" to explore the Descartes highlands landing site on the Moon, astronaut Thomas K. Mattingly II, command module pilot, remained with the CSM "Casper" in lunar orbit.
Martian hemisphere Viking 1 Orbiter, June 1976 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.4 cm NASA S-76-27349 ÂŁ700
Mars, Yuty crater with fluidised ejecta Viking Orbiter, June 1978 Vintage gelatin silver print, 25.2 x 20.4 cm NASA/JPL 3A07 ÂŁ500
Mars, the base of Olympus Mons Mariner 9, 1972 Vintage gelatin silver print, 26 x 20.5 cm NASA/JPL 75-H-529 ÂŁ600
Unusual surface feature on Mars Viking Orbiter, June 1978 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.5 x 25.6 cm NASA/JPL 78-H-538 ÂŁ500
Martian valley with canyon like features Mariner 9, 1972 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.4 x 25.7 cm NASA/JPL 78-H-581 ÂŁ500
Unusual surface features, Mars Mariner 9, 1972 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.4 x 25.9 cm NASA/JPL 75-H-522 ÂŁ500
Unusual surface features, Mars Mariner 9, 1972 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.5 x 25.9 cm NASA/JPL 75-H-541 ÂŁ500
Unusual surface features, Mars Mariner 9, 1972 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.5 x 25.6 cm NASA/JPL 75-H-500 ÂŁ500
Mosaic of a meteorite impact crater on Mars Viking Orbiter 2, June 1978 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.5 x 25.7 cm NASA/JPL 78-H-540 ÂŁ600
The Martian surface with the surface sampler at centre Viking 2, September 1976 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.4 x 25.4 cm NASA/JPL P-17876 ÂŁ600
The nuclear power system and seismometer on the Martian surface Viking Lander 1, July 1976 Vintage gelatin silver print, 19.5 x 25.8 cm NASA/JPL 76-H-572 ÂŁ600
Panorama of Mars with the generator and radio antenna Viking 1, July 1976 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.5 x 25.9 cm NASA/JPL P-17428 ÂŁ600
Artist’s concept of the surface of Venus Pioneer, May 1976 Vintage gelatin silver print, 20.4 x 25.6 cm NASA/JPL 78-H-211 £400
Segment of Saturn’s rings, a false colour image Voyager 2, 1981 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.5 x 25.4 cm NASA/JPL [P-23953] £600 Voyager 2 false-colour image of Saturn's rings. Subtle colour variations due to differences in surface composition of the particles making up the rings are enhanced in this image produced by combining ultraviolet, clear, and orange frames. The frame was taken from a distance of 8.9 million km on August 17, 9 days before closest approach, and measures about 68,000 km from top to bottom.
Saturn Voyager 1, 1980 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.4 x 25.4 cm ÂŁ800 The Voyager 1 and 2 Saturn encounters occurred nine months apart, in November 1980 and August 1981. Voyager 1 is leaving the solar system. Voyager 2 completed its encounter with Uranus in January 1986 and with Neptune in August 1989, and is now also enroute out of the solar system.
Jupiter and its satellite Io Voyager 2, June 1979 Vintage chromogenic print, 20.2 x 25.5 cm NASA/JPL 79-H-363, caption on verso ÂŁ900 NASA launched the two Voyager spacecraft to Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in the late summer of 1977. Voyager 1's closest approach to Jupiter occurred March 5, 1979. Voyager 2's closest approach was July 9, 1979. Discovery of active volcanism on the satellite Io was probably the greatest surprise. It was the first time active volcanoes had been seen on another body in the solar system. It appears that activity on Io affects the entire Jovian system. Io appears to be the primary source of matter that pervades the Jovian magnetosphere, the region of space that surrounds the planet, primarily influenced by the planet's strong magnetic field. Sulphur, oxygen, and sodium, apparently erupted by Io's volcanoes and sputtered off the surface by impact of highenergy particles, were detected at the outer edge of the magnetosphere.
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