Vermot de Pas: NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest, 171095, Paris

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Auction Date: October 17, 2025 - October 17, 2025

Page Size: 324 items in 13 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
101	NASA.	Extraordinary view of a full moon from Space from Space Shuttle Discovery (Mission STS-39).	1991	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
102	NASA.	An extraordinary historical view of the MAGELLAN Space Probe deployed in Space from the payload bay of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (MISSION STS-30R) on May 4, 1989.	1989	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
103	NASA.	A beautiful photographic painting depicting the nighttime liftoff of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (STS-44) on November 24, 1991.	1991	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
104	Nasa.	View of the globe from space shuttle Discovery (Mission STS-48).	September 1991.	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
105	Nasa.	An impressive liftoff of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-37) above towering pillars of flame tearing apart the Florida sky.	April 5, 1991.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
106	NASA.	Dramatic view of the open payload bay of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-43).	August 2, 1991.	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
107	NASA.	Perfect liftoff of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-43) on August 2, 1991 from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.	1991	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
108	NASA.	Perfect liftoff of the space shuttle DISCOVERY (Misison STS-39) from launch complex 39 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 28, 1991.vintage chromogenic print on paper: "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK".	1991	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
109	NASA.	The brilliant spectacle of the Space Shuttle launch fills the Florida evening sky as the 43rd Space Shuttle mission begins on September 12, 1991.	1991	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
110	NASA.	Beautiful liftoff of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-46) on July 31, 1992.	1992	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
111	NASA.	Beautiful view of the landing of space shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-50) at Edwards Air Force Base, California.	July 9, 1992.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
112	NASA.	Perfect liftoff of space shuttle COLUMBIA (Misison STS-50) from launch complex 39 at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, June 25, 1992. Vintage chromogenic print on paper: "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK".	1992	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
113	NASA.	Beautiful view of the space shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS-45) in front of launch pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.	March 6, 1992.	EUR 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
114	NASA.	ATLANTIS the space shuttle Atlantis lifts off.	1992	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
115	NASA.	A bright morning sun casts its radiant gaze on Space Shuttle ENDEAVOUR, projecting the silhouette of the spacecraft into Space from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39B.	September 12, 1992.	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
116	NASA. HUBBLE TELESCOPE.	In the shadow of HUBBLE, an astronaut held at the end of the Canadarm works to deploy the telescope's solar panels.	1993	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
117	Nasa.	Deployment of the HUBBLE telescope's new solar panels from the Space Shuttle's payload bay on December 13, 1993.	1993	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
118	NASA.	The Space Shuttle Columbia rises in this panoramic view like a golden tower in the cloud-covered royal blue sky to complete its mission STS-58 carrying the "Spacelab" laboratory on October 18, 1993. Vintage chromogenic print on Kodak paper.	1993	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
119	Nasa.	A rare and superb view of the Space Shuttle Discovery floating with its payload bay open above the globe.	1993	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
120	NASA.	superb and rare image of the space shuttle DISCOVERY (Mission STS-51) taken from an IMAX camera mounted on the SPAS satellite.	1993	EUR 500.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
121	NASA.	Rare view showing space shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-58) on its cart coming from the assembly building and about to be hoisted onto the top of launch pad 39B.	1993	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
122	NASA.	Space shuttle DISCOVERY (Mission STS-56) heading for launch pad 39B on March 15, 1993.	1993	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
123	NASA.	The longest space shuttle flight ever begins for COLUMBIA (Mission STS-58) on October 18, 1993 on launch pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center.vintage chromogenic print on paper: "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK".	1993	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Not Sold
124	NASA.	The usual weather of a Florida summer afternoon comes to a sudden halt when an extraordinary artificial "bird" takes to the skies in a deluge of fire and flame, greeted by the reckless flight of a Florida blue heron.	1993	EUR 1,000.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
125	NASA.	Impressive early-morning liftoff of space shuttle COLUMBIA (Misison STS-62) on March 4, 1994.	1994	EUR 1,200.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold

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