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[Apollo 11] Interior views of the spacecraft on its way to the Moon. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, or Michael Collins, 16–24 July 1969. Printed 1969. Two vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS11–36-5382 and AS11–36-5398]. Each 20,3×25,4 cm (8×10 in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the versos, numbered “NASA AS11–36-5382” and “NASA AS11–36-5398” in red in top margin (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas), the second with a restored tear in bottom right margin. (2). Two very rare unreleased photographs of Apollo 11’s epic journey to the Moon on board the CSM Columbia docked to the LM Eagle. First photograph: A very rare unreleased photograph of the LM Eagle docking drogue seen on the way to the Moon inside the CM Columbia cabin after Neil Armstrong removed it from its position in the tunnel between the two docked spacecraft so that the crew could access the LM for inspection. Second photograph: Buzz Aldrin is seen communicating with Mission Control on Earth during the checkout of the LM Eagle docked to the CSM Columbia on the way to the Moon. He is on the left side (Armstrong’s pilot station) of the cabin. Apollo 11 was 178,236 nautical miles [330,093 km] from Earth. Note the Crew Optical Alignment Sight (COAS) installed at the window just above his head. One of the main circuit breaker panels is on the left. “In our preliminary flight plan I wasn’t scheduled to go to the LM until the next day in lunar orbit but I lobbied to go earlier [...] to make sure that the frail LM and its equipment had suffered no damage during the launch and long trip. [...]. It was surprising to me how much at home I felt in Eagle because of all the simulations we had done back home. The view of the Moon from the surface and the EVA itself have much less reality to me now than have those familiar operations inside Eagle.” Buzz Aldrin (NASA SP-350, p.207 and LIFE, 22 August 1969). From the mission transcript when the photographs were taken (during a TV transmission to Earth): 055:16:00 Public Affairs Officer (Mission Control): Getting a very good view of the work going on in the Command and Service Module tunnel. That appears to be Neil Armstrong working in the - in the tunnel. Operating - working on the drogue and probe assembly. This extremely sharp, clear picture is coming to us from about 175,000 [nautical] miles [324,000 km] distance from Earth. Presently about 48,000 [nautical] miles [89,000 km] from the Moon. [...] We do expect to get the television transmission from the time the crew is in the Lunar Module, and that period of activity is scheduled to begin at about 56 hours, 20 minutes with the ingress to the Lunar Module. [...] Neil Armstrong, up in the tunnel at this point, removing the probe and drogue assembly in preparation for the ingress to the Lunar Module. [...] We just saw the probe assembly start to come loose now as Neil Armstrong is… [...]. 057:04:00 Public Affairs officer (Mission Control): At the present time, Apollo 11 is 178,236 nautical miles [330,093 km] from Earth, and the velocity has dropped down now to 3,146 feet per second [959 m/s]. At 57 hours, 4 minutes; this is Mission Control, Houston. 057:04:05 Duke (Mission Control): Apollo 11, Houston. Our recommendations on the activities for the next hour or so, as far as Flight Plan goes, are: Continue your LM familiarization as desired until about 58 hours, then ingress to the CSM, close the hatch, and establish PTC shortly thereafter. Over. Condition Second print with a 5 cm restored diagonal tear to bottom right corner of white margin, otherwise both glossy prints very sharp and in excellent condition. Preview In Lyngby Auction Space, 15 November 2023 Category Photos ▸ Vintage photographs Selling 15 November at 6:32 pm Estimate 6,000–8,000 DKK
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