A huge collection of rare, vintage NASA images will go under the hammer tomorrow, after being gathered together by a private collector.
The pictures, taken by astronauts like Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan and John Harrison, document some of man’s first forays into space, including the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions from 1961 to 1972.
Every astronaut carries a camera into space and many have been responsible for iconic images of the space program that have captivated and inspired millions. But NASA only chose a few pictures from each reel to release publicly, the rest were only accessible to accredited researchers in the archives of the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.
A private collector with a penchant for exploration and adventure and a love of Jules Verne acquired the photographs from former NASA scientists and employees. Many of the 466 images in the collection show original NASA marks, captions and identifying numbers, as well as Kodak paper watermarks, and will be offered with estimates ranging from $300 to $9,000.
NASA’s Photographic Division was founded in close partnership with Kodak and Hasselblad, who helped to adapt cameras and film to use in the harsh conditions of space. Astronaut John Glenn was the first human to photograph the Earth from space, as he orbited on board Mercury Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.
That image is among the rare gelatin silver and chromogenic prints on offer, along with the very first photograph from the surface of another world, snapped by Neil Armstrong in July 1969 and the first footprint on the Moon by Buzz Aldrin on the same Apollo 11 mission.
The public auction preview is open today and bidders can view lots, leave bids and bid live in real-time through the Skinner website for the full auction tomorrow.
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A huge collection of rare, vintage NASA images will go under the hammer tomorrow, after being gathered together by a private collector.
The pictures, taken by astronauts like Neil Armstrong, Eugene Cernan and John Harrison, document some of man’s first forays into space, including the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions from 1961 to 1972.
Every astronaut carries a camera into space and many have been responsible for iconic images of the space program that have captivated and inspired millions. But NASA only chose a few pictures from each reel to release publicly, the rest were only accessible to accredited researchers in the archives of the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston.
A private collector with a penchant for exploration and adventure and a love of Jules Verne acquired the photographs from former NASA scientists and employees. Many of the 466 images in the collection show original NASA marks, captions and identifying numbers, as well as Kodak paper watermarks, and will be offered with estimates ranging from $300 to $9,000.
NASA’s Photographic Division was founded in close partnership with Kodak and Hasselblad, who helped to adapt cameras and film to use in the harsh conditions of space. Astronaut John Glenn was the first human to photograph the Earth from space, as he orbited on board Mercury Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.
That image is among the rare gelatin silver and chromogenic prints on offer, along with the very first photograph from the surface of another world, snapped by Neil Armstrong in July 1969 and the first footprint on the Moon by Buzz Aldrin on the same Apollo 11 mission.
The public auction preview is open today and bidders can view lots, leave bids and bid live in real-time through the Skinner website for the full auction tomorrow.
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