Jack Swigert (American, 1931-1982) or Fred Haise (American, b. 1933)

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Jack Swigert (American, 1931-1982) or Fred Haise (American, b. 1933)
Two views of the lunar farside terminator during the single pass around the Moon, Apollo 13, April 1970. The first numbered 'NASA AS13-62-8918' (NASA MSC) in red on the recto u.l. margin, NASA MSC caption on the verso. One vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso and one vintage chromogenic print on resin-coated Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image sizes to 7 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (18.3 x 18.9 cm),unmatted.
Condition: The second print with creases u.l.

N.B. The terminator is the boundary between day and night on the Moon. "We really didn't have anything to do in that pass, and we lost communication with the ground for a portion of that, behind the Moon. And our next maneuver coming up was after we passed around the Moon, plus two hours. And we were kind of ahead of the timeline in preparation for that maneuver. So we really didn't have much to do except to look, and shoot pictures. And it's a strange place. It's a big, beat-up rock. Not anything like on Earth, I'll tell you that... There's nothing there. It's a rock with a lot of holes in it," remarked Fred Haise (Chaikin, Voices, p. 146). The NASA negative number for the second image is AS13-60-8636.
Estimate $400-600


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