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	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
176	NASA.	A spectacular view of the payload bay of the space shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-80) as it orbits the Earth.	November 1996	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
177	NASA.	Nice landing for Space Shuttle Atlantis on October 6, 1997 on the Kennedy Space Center runway in Florida	October 6, 1997	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
178	NASA.	Space shuttle Atlantis (Mission STS-86) lands on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center after an 11-day mission.	October 6, 1997	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
179	NASA.	Takeoff of the space shuttle Columbia (Mission STS-94) on	July 1, 1997	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
180	NASA.	From the space shuttle Columbia (Mission STS94), observation of a superb field of "Karman vortices".	July 1997	EUR 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
181	NASA.	Space shuttle Endeavour (Mission STS-88) takes off at night from launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral.	December 4, 1998	EUR 400.00 - 500.00	Unknown
182	NASA.	Liftoff of Space Shuttle Columbia (Mission STS-90)	April 17, 1998	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
183	NASA.	A magnificent liftoff of the space shuttle Columbia (Mission STS-90) from launch pad 39B at Cape Canaveral	April 17, 1990	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
184	NASA.	A perfect view of Space Shuttle Columbia (Mission STS-90) landing seconds before touchdown.	May 3, 1998	EUR 250.00 - 350.00	Unknown
185	NASA.	Planet MARS. A fantastic "Orthographic View" of the planet MARS, acquired by the VIKING ORBITER probe.	1998	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
186	NASA.	Astronauts Steven L. Smith and John M. Grunsfeld appear as small characters in this large scene photographed during an extravehicular activity (EVA).	1999	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
187	NASA.	The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) ... after being released from Discovery's robotic arm following a successful servicing mission.	1999	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
188	NASA.	MARS GLOBAL SURVEYOR mission. A global picture of the planet's weather conditions.	1999	EUR 300.00 - 400.00	Unknown
189	NASA.	Space shuttle mission ATLANTIS (Mission STS-101). Astronaut Jim Voss, STS-101 mission specialist	2000	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
190	NASA.	Spectacular liftoff of Space Shuttle ATLANTIS (Mission STS106) on	September 8, 2000	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
191	NASA.	Space shuttle Atlantis reflected in the swampy waters nearby during its 22nd space launch.	2000	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
192	NASA.	Exceptional observation of shockwave condensation collars backlit by the Sun was taken during the launch of space shuttle Atlantis	September 8, 2000	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
193	NASA.	HUBBLE TELESCOPE. Observation of an impressive planetary nebula that began to form 10,000 years ago		EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
194		Launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis (Mission STS-098)	February 7, 2001	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
195	NASA.	Liftoff of Space Shuttle Discovery on mission STS-102	March 8, 2001	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
196	NASA.	Image of a solar flare observed by the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS)	2001	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
197	NASA.	International Space Station - a magnificent sunrise from space.	2001	EUR 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
198	NASA.	Beautiful panorama of the flight of space shuttle Atlantis (Mission STS110)	April 8, 2002	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
199	NASA.	A superb photographic tableau showing Space Shuttle Endeavour (Mission STS 111) leaving the launch pad	2002	EUR 600.00 - 800.00	Unknown
200	NASA.	HUBBLE. An exploding star 20 million years from Earth in the Unicorn Constellation.	December 2002	EUR 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown

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