Vermot de Pas: NASA: HISTORY OF THE CONQUEST OF SPACE - TO THE MOON!, 155526, Paris

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Auction Date
July 22, 2024 - July 22, 2024
Page Size: 407 items in 17 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 NASA.

VERY RARE TOTAL SUN ECLIPSE observed from London.

July 10, 1927. EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
2 Nasa.

Photograph taken at the Mount Wilson Observatory in the 1930s.

1930s. EUR 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
3 Nasa.

Historic astrophotography photograph. Observation from the Lick telescope.

Circa 1930. EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
4 Nasa.

Historic photograph of astrophotography. Observation from the Lick telescope.

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
5

Photograph of the lunar surface taken at the famous Mount Wilson Observatory. This is the Clavius region.

Circa 1930. EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
6 Nasa.

Historic photograph of astrophotography. Observation from the Lick telescope.

EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
7 NASA/ASTRONOMY.

Beautiful view of a crescent Moon observed through a telescope, circa 1930.

circa 1930. EUR 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
8 Nasa.

A superb view of the planet Jupiter from the famous American Mount Wilson Observatory, which wrote the first great pages in the history of world astrophysics.

Circa 1940-50. EUR 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
9 NASA.

The "BAKER" monkey training for space flight alongside other monkeys in a simulation compartment similar to those used for JUPITER missiles.

May 1959. EUR 400.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
10 NASA.

Mount Wilson Observatory. A superb, enigmatic and bewitching view of the planet Saturn.

Circa 1960. EUR 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
11 Nasa.

Astronaut Scott Carpenter, an American veteran of the space program, prepares for his historic flight with a pack that provides his spacesuit with air conditioning.

May 1962. EUR 500.00 - 700.00 EUR 512.00
12 Nasa.

Historic liftoff of the MERCURYATLAS rocket carrying the first American in space: John GLENN.

1962 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
13 NASA.

Rangers VII. The Rangers VII probe approaches the lunar surface at high speed, preparing for impact.

1964 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
14 NASA.

Spectacular view of the Gemini 7 capsule as seen from the Gemini 6A capsule at an altitude of approximately 300km above the Earth's surface.

December 1965. EUR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
15 NASA.

Gemini 4 mission. Historic spacewalk by the 1st American Ed. White on June 5, 1965.

1965 EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
16 Nasa.

Rocket lift-off from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Circa 1965. EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
17 Nasa.

Rocket takeoff from Cape Kennedy.

Circa 1965. EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
18 Nasa.

Victory parade on June 14, 1965 of the "Space Twins": Edward H. White (left) and James A. McDivitt (right) after their historic achievement of enabling the first spacewalk by an American.

1965 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
19 NASA.

GEMINI 4 MISSION. HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH. Astronaut ED WHITE performs the first American spacewalk.

June 1965. EUR 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
20 NASA.

Recovery at sea of the manned module from a GEMINI mission.

Circa 1965. EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
21 NASA.

Lift-off of the GEMINI IV spacecraft.

June 1965. EUR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
22 NASA.

Historic Gemini 4 mission: first American spacewalk.

Astronaut Edward H. EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
23 NASA.

Historic Gemini IV mission. Edward H. White II, pilot of the Gemini 4 spacecraft, floats in the weightlessness of space with a member of the Earth in the background.

June 1965. EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
24 NASA.

Impressive view of the GEMINI 7 spacecraft from the GEMINI 6 during a rendezvous in Earth orbit.

December 15, 1965. EUR 500.00 - 700.00 Not Sold
25 NASA.

LUNAR ORBITER II mission. Dark side of the Moon.

EUR 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
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