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

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October 17, 2025 - October 17, 2025
Page Size: 324 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
202 NASA. MARS PLANET. PATHFINDER MISSION.

Yogi is a meter-sized rock located about 5 meters northwest of the Mars Pathfinder lander.

EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
203 NASA. LARGE FORMAT.

Perhaps the most spectacular of Voyager's photos of Io is this mosaic obtained by Voyager 1 on March 5 from a distance of 400,000 kilometers.

2009 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
204 NASA.

Earth-based telescope image of the comet This image of comet C/2001 Q4 (NEAT) was taken on May 7, 2004.

2004 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
205 Astrophysics photography. LARGE FORMAT.

Superb view of the Eagle Nebula.

2009 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
206 NASA. LARGE FORMAT. DEEP SPACE.

A pictorial photograph of the Messier 101 galaxy, a swirling spiral of stars, gas and dust.

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207 NASA. LARGE FORMAT. DEEP SPACE.

A photograph of the spectacular death of a star in the Taurus constellation was observed on Earth during the supernova of 1054 AD.

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208 NASA. LARGE FORMAT.

Orion Nebula.

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209 Nasa. LARGE FORMAT.

Fantastic view of the moon created from a mosaic of nearly 1,300 images taken by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter's wide-angle camera.

2010 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
210 Nasa. LARGE FORMAT.

An exceptional view of the Andromeda galaxy captured by NASA.

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211 Nasa.

Space Shuttle Endeavour (Mission STS 130) on February 9, 2010.

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212 NASA.

Photograph of the Messier 82 galaxy.

2010 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
213 NASA.

Planet Mars.

Circa2010. EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
214 NASA. LARGE FORMAT.

A superb view of an astonishing galaxy emanating a strange light.

2010 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
215 NASA. PLANET JUPITER.

This infrared view of Jupiter was created from data captured on January 11, 2017 with the Near-InfraRed Imager (NIRI) instrument at Gemini North in Hawaii.

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216 NASA. LARGE FORMAT.

Spectacular photograph of a spacewalk performed during construction of a new module for the International Space Station.

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217 NASA. LARGE FORMAT.

A superb satellite image of the Earth taken by a weather observation satellite.

2010 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 579.60
218 NASA. LARGE FORMAT.

In this image taken by NASA's Cassini probe during its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas, the large Herschel crater dominates Mimas, giving it the appearance of the Death Star in the "Star Wars" movie.

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219 NASA. HUBBLE. LARGE FORMAT.

The Space Telescope has captured a swirling cloud of interstellar gas from a nursery of stars in the Carina Nebula.

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220 NASA. GRAND FORMAT.

In the Rosette nebula, a large yellow arc separates newly-forming stars from stars in formation.

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221 NASA. LARGE FORMAT.

Superb view of the complete disk of planet Earth, with the largest ocean visible: the Pacific Ocean, bordered on the east by the American continent.

2010 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 579.60
222 NASA.

Magnificent view of a crescent Moon photographed just above the Earth's atmosphere from the International Space Station as it flies over Asia.
Vintage chromogenic print.

2010 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
223 ASTROPHYSICS. LARGE FORMAT.

View of the Messier 81 spiral galaxy in the Great Bear Constellation, 12 million light-years from Earth.

Circa2010. EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
224 NASA. LARGE FORMAT.

History. First satellite view of the Earth from space, taken continuously from a distance of 512 miles.

2012 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
225 NASA. LARGE FORMAT.

Beautiful and impressive image of the International Space Station and the docked Space Shuttle Endeavour, flying at an altitude of around 220 miles.

2011 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
226 NASA. LARGE FORMAT.

A superbly photogenic group of interacting galaxies is captured here by the HUBBLE space telescope.

2011 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
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