Stuart Roosa (American, 1933-1994), Edgar Mitchell (American, 1930-2016), or Alan Shepard (American, 1923-1998)

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The Beauty of Space: Vintage NASA Photos by Bonhams Skinner

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The Beauty of Space: Vintage NASA Photos

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Stuart Roosa (American, 1933-1994), Edgar Mitchell (American, 1930-2016), or Alan Shepard (American, 1923-1998)
Two views: The Command Spaceship Kitty Hawk seen from the Lunar Module Antares returning from the lunar surface; and The jettison of Antares after transfer of the crew in Kitty Hawk for trans-Earth injection, Apollo 14, February 1971. The first numbered 'NASA G-71-5810' (NASA Goddard) in black on the recto l.l. margin; the second numbered 'NASA AS14-69-9487' (NASA MSC) in red on the recto u.l. margin. One vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based GAF paper with a "GAF' watermark on the verso, and one vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image sizes to 7 5/8 x 9 1/2 in. (19.2 x 24.0 cm), unmatted.
Condition: Scattered handling crimps and fingerprints on the first print, minor crease in l.r. corner of the second print.

N.B. 'In the blackness of space, the Apollo 14 Command Service Module Kitty Hawk gleams brilliantly as it draws near the camera in the Lunar Module Antares. The single-orbit rendezvous procedure, used for the first time in lunar orbit on this mission, brought the two craft together in two hours. After crew transfer, Antares was guided to lunar impact at a velocity of approximately 1,600 km/hour at a point between the Apollo 12 and 14 sites' (NASA SP-350, chapter 12.6). 'Because you were running on adrenalin, you didn't really feel the exhaustion,' recalled Ed Mitchell. 'That all came after you got back in the Command Module, took off the suit and relaxed for a minute. And then you realized you were just dead tired. And we hurried. Even Houston hurried us, because they wanted to get us out of orbit on the next pass, because they knew we were all dog tired' (Chaikin, Voices, p. 117). The NASA negative number for the first image is AS14-66-9347.
Estimate $400-600

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