Unidentified Photographer

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Unidentified Photographer
Official portrait of the first and ill-fated crew of the Apollo program, Apollo 1, April 1966. Numbered 'NASA S-66-30236' (NASA MSC) in red on the recto u.l. margin. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in. (18.3 x 24.0 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Subtle stain in u.r. margin.

N.B. Apollo 1 was the first manned mission of the United States Apollo program. 'On Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204). The mission was to be the first crewed flight of Apollo, and was scheduled to launch Feb. 21, 1967. Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the command module, or CM' (https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo1.html). 'If we die, we want people to accept it. We're in a risky business, and we hope that if anything happens to us it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life,' believed Gus Grissom (http://www.nmspacemuseum.org/halloffame/detail.php?id=54).
Estimate $400-600


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