Edgar Mitchell (American, 1930-2016)

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Edgar Mitchell (American, 1930-2016)
The Fra Mauro landing site with Alan Shepard and the Lunar Module Antares, EVA 2, Apollo 14, February 1971. Numbered 'NASA AS14-69-9487' (NASA MSC) in black on the recto u.l. margin. Vintage gelatin silver print, image size 7 1/4 x 7 1/4 in. (18.3 x 18.3 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Crease to u.r. corner.

N.B. The photograph was taken by Mitchell from Station H at the end of Apollo 14's second and last excursion on the Moon. Foot tracks leading to the LM are visible in the foreground with Old Nameless Crater in the background. "That was it, Antares was in sight, as it had been throughout much of the traverse, and our long Moon walk was almost over,' remembered Alan Shepard. 'I went on past Antares to the ALSEP site to check antenna alignment because of reports from Houston that a weak signal was being received. Ed took some more samples from a nearby field of boulders" (NASA SP-350, chapter 12.6).

Literature: Hope, p. 17.
Estimate $400-600


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