Vermot de Pas: NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest, 172873, Paris

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Auction Date
December 08, 2025 - December 08, 2025
Page Size: 300 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 NASA.

Photograph of the first human observation of an Earth survey from lunar orbit.

December 1968 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
27 NASA.

APOLLO 8 mission. Historic photograph of the first Earth survey observed from lunar orbit on

December 24, 1968 EUR 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
28 NASA.

APOLLO 7 mission. The SATURNE IV B rocket stage photographed from the APOLLO 7 mission command module

November 10, 1968 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 Unknown
29 NASA.

APOLLO 7 mission. Historic lift-off of the first manned flight of the SATURNE V rocket

November 10, 1968 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
30 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. View of the lunar surface from the command module of the Apollo 11 mission

EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
31 NASA.

Historic liftoff of the Apollo 11 mission from Cape Canaveral

July 16, 1969 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
32 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. Apollo 11 crew view of Earth.

July 1969 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
33 NASA.

APOLLO 12 mission. Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr, commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission

November 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
34 NASA.

APOLLO 11 mission. This view of the Earth... photographed from the Apollo 11 spacecraft

July 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
35 NASA.

APOLLO 12 mission. One of the Apollo 12 crew members is photographed with the Apollo lunar hand tools

November 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
36 NASA.

APOLLO 12 mission: a bird's-eye view from lunar orbit of the Copernicus crater, southern floor, wall and rim.

November 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
37 NASA.

APOLLO 12 mission. Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, descends the lunar module ladder to join astronaut Charles Conrad Jr.

November 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
38 NASA.

APOLLO 12 mission. Distant view of the LM lunar module near the rim of Surveyor crater.

November 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
39 NASA.

APOLLO 12 mission. Commander John Young of the APOLLO 12 mission standing on the lunar surface.

November 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
40 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. Historic photograph of the first human footprint on extraterrestrial soil.

July 20, 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
41 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. Historic photograph. In front of the American flag, the silhouette of astronaut Neil Armstrong on lunar soil.

July 20, 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
42 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. Rare. Historic photograph. This photograph is the first that Neil Armstrong took of Buzz Aldrin.

July 20, 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
43 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin have just returned to the Columbia command module they had left a few hours earlier to walk on the Moon.

July 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
44 NASA.

APOLLO 12. Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, attaches the Apollo Lunar Surface Experiment Package (ALSEP) radioisotope thermoelectric generator (RTG) to the carrying bar.

December 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
45 NASA.

APOLLO 12 mission. Astronaut Alan L. Bean, lunar module pilot, and two American spacecraft are photographed on the lunar surface.

December 1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
46 NASA.

APOLLO 12 mission. This magnificent photograph, captured during the Apollo 12 mission, shows the Earth rising above the lunar horizon.

1969 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
47 NASA.

Historic APOLLO 11 mission. Impressive view of the SATURNE V rocket on its launch pad,

May 20, 1969 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
48 NASA.

The impressive silhouette of the Saturn V rocket rises into the Florida sky.

May 20, 1969 EUR 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
49

Vintage chromogenic print on paper: "THIS PAPER MANUFACTURED BY KODAK". NASA logo and typed caption on back.

EUR 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
50 NASA.

Apollo 11 mission. A superb oblique view of the far side of the Moon and its crater recorded as #308.

July 1969 EUR 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
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