The Beauty of Space: Vintage NASA Photos
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Alan Shepard (American, 1923-1998)
Two views of Fra Mauro's lunar-science station, EVA 1, Apollo 14, February 1971. The first numbered 'NASA AS14-67-9376' (NASA MSC) in red on the recto u.l. margin, with a typed label affixed to the verso. Vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image sizes to 7 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (18.9 x 19.2 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Subtle creases at several corners.
N.B. Several components of the Apollo Lunar Scientific Equipment Package (ALSEP) are shown in these photographs. The larger object with the antenna is the ALSEP central station. The Active Seismic Experiment mortar assembly, the Charged Particle Lunar Environmental Experiment, and the Modular Equipment Transporter are also visible. "We're there to do a job. That idea is never out of your head for one instant,' said Ed Mitchell. 'Very much aware that it is a professional exploratory mission, and you're explorers and you've got a hell a lot of people and a hell a lot of money tied up behind you, trying to find out what this new planet's all about. And you're their eyes and their ears. You're there to observe and report' (Chaikin, Voices, p. 77). The NASA negative number for the second image is AS14-67-9372.
Estimate $400-600
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