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SOLD Apollo CSM Mock Ups Production With Press Release 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 1 April 1963 Full scale wooden mock ups of the Apollo Command and Service modules are used for flight simulation studies by North American Space Division engineers. The mock ups save time and expense in making changes as design progresses. This vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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SOLD Apollo Boilerplate Production With Press Release 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 12 August 1963 Two Apollo Production Spacecrafts (Boilerplates) are seen under construction at North American's Space and Information Systems Division at Downey, Calf. Boilerplates are engineering test vehicles used for predevelopment test. This vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition and the NAA press release folds down face up. |
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North American Aviation press release that goes with the above photograph. |
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SOLD Apollo CM Grand Slam Drop Test 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 3 August 1963 Simulating the impact of an Apollo command Module's water landing, this instrumented Boilerplate creates a big splash as it is dropped from NASA's impact test facility at North American Aviation Space and Information Systems Division. This vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. Has a very faint line on right side that can hardly be seen even in reflective light. |
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SOLD Apollo CM Grand Slam Drop Test #2 With Press Release 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 3 August 1963 Simulating the impact of an Apollo command Module's water landing, this instrumented Boilerplate creates a big splash as it is dropped from NASA's impact test facility at North American Aviation Space and Information Systems Division. This vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft Recovery Operations 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph 1964 NASA No. 64-Apollo-35 The U.S. Atlantic Fleet Command Task Force 140 Spacecraft Recovery Group are seen during recovery training operations. This fine vintage NASA glossy photographs is in very good condition. VG+ |
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SOLD Boilerplates 26 & 16 Arrive At The Cape 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph NASA No. 108-KSC-64C-3578 13 August 1964 Boilerplates 26 & 16 were use a year later in the Saturn I SA-8 and SA-9 missions. This fine vintage NASA glossy photographs is in near mint condition. |
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SOLD Boilerplate # 26 & 16 arrives at Hanger AF 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph NASA No. 108-KSC-64C-3574 13 August 1964 Boilerplate Nos. 26 & 16 Command Modules arrives at Hanger AF on transporter just outside the hanger doors. Boilerplates 26 & 16 were use a year later in the Saturn I SA-8 and SA-9 missions. This fine vintage NASA glossy photographs is in near mint condition. |
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SOLD Boilerplate #26 Close Up 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 13 August 1964 NASA No. 108-KSC-64C-3575 A close up view of Apollo Boiler Plate Command Module No. 26 uncovered and ready for inspection in Hanger AF. BP-26 was used in the SA-8 Mission. This fine vintage NASA glossy photographs is in near mint condition. |
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SOLD Boilerplate #16 Close Up 10 x 8 B/W NASA Glossy Photograph 13 August 1964 NASA No. 108-KSC-64-5412 A close up view of Apollo Boiler Plate Command Module No. 16 on work stand in Hanger AF. BP-16 was used in the SA-9 Mission A-103 Flight. This fine vintage NASA glossy photographs is in near mint condition. |
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£12.95 Apollo SA-9 Mission A-103 Launch 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph 16 February 1965 A wonderful distance view of the SA-9 lifting off from Launch Complex 37B at the Cape with BP-16 onboard. Call sign Mission A-103 was the eighth unmanned Saturn flight. It was the initial vehicle in the operational series of Saturn I launch vehicles and the third to carry an Apollo boilerplate payload. The vehicle also orbited the first of three meteoroid technology satellites, Pegasus A. The launch vehicle (SA-9) consisted of an S-I first stage, an S-IV second stage, and an instrument unit. The Spacecraft consisted of a boilerplate command and service module, a launch escape system, and a service module/launch vehicle adapter (BP-16). This very fine vintage colour glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition and printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft Are Readied With Press Release 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph 3 August 1965 Apollo spacecraft systems are installed and checked in this giant clean-room described as the world's largest, at North American's Space and Information Systems Division, Downey Calif. The room has a total 1,500,00 cubic feet of meticulously controlled air-space. Here, thousands of Apollo subsystems are installed and the completed command module is tested with service module and launch escape systems, then flown to the Cape. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft Testing With Press Release 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph 14 November 1965 Apollo spacecraft are tested by multi-million dollar computerized acceptance and check out equipment at North American's Space and Information Systems Division. These integrated check out and display systems provides centralized program control of spacecraft operations, processing and displaying large quantities of test data in real time. Test simulate the Apollo spacecraft missions from launch to splashdown. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft Inner Crew Compartment With Press Release 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph 16 August 1965 Apollo Spacecraft inner crew compartments are placed on specially designed trim and weld machine. This vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition and the NAA press release folds down face up. |
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North American Aviation press release that goes with the above photograph and gives a very detailed account of the spacecraft Inner crew "close-out" compartment construction. |
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SOLD Command Module Inner Crew Compartment With Press Release 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph 19 January 1965 Inner crew compartment of the Apollo spacecraft is seen being assembled. This vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition and the NAA press release folds down face up. |
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North American Aviation press release that goes with the above photograph. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft Protective Cover 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph NASA No. S-65-7551 1965 The Boost Protective Cover is seen on an early abort test boilerplate at White Plains testing area. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Boilerplate Water Egress Testing 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-65-62282 December 1965 Apollo boilerplate test capsule is prepared for water egress tests aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever in the Gulf of Mexico. These tests established procedures for recovery of the astronauts and spacecraft. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. VG+ |
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SOLD Boilerplate Egress Testing 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-65-64736 December 1965 Three test subjects are seen inside a Apollo boilerplate test capsule during emergency egress testing. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD SC #002 For Mating With Little Joe II 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-65-19797 1965 Command Module (Spacecraft #002) is seen being transported from the hanger at White Sands Apollo-Launch Complex 36 to the launch pad for mating to the Little Joe II launch vehicle. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good to very good condition. It is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£9.95 Spacecraft #008 In Altitude Chamber 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-66-7226 1966 SC 008 is seen in Altitude Chamber for in-flight simulations. This fine vintage NASA glossy photo is in near mint condition. It is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft 009 Mating 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph October 1965 Apollo Spacecraft 009 is seen hoisted up for mating with the Service Module for final assembly and testing before shipping to NASA inside the worlds largest clean room at North American Aviation. Apollo Spacecraft 009, the first vehicle scheduled for launch into space on the first up-rated Saturn (Saturn 1B) AS-201. This vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£5.95 Spacecraft 009 Final Assembly and Tests 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph October 1965 Apollo spacecraft 009 is seen in Service Module test stand for final assembly and testing in the worlds largest clean room at North American Aviation. This vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft 009 With Press Release 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph 20 October 1965 Apollo Spacecraft 009, the first vehicle scheduled for launch into space on the first up-rated Saturn (Saturn 1B) AS-201. NASA officials are seen just after they accepted the Spacecraft 009 at the North American Aviation Space Division. This vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition and the NAA press release folds down face up. |
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North American Aviation press release that goes with the above photograph. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft 009 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph 20 October 1965 Apollo Spacecraft 009, the first vehicle scheduled for launch into space on the first up-rated Saturn (Saturn 1B) AS-201. NASA officials are seen just after they accepted the Spacecraft 009 at the North American Aviation Space Division. This vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo AS-201 SM & LEM Adapter 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph January 1966 Apollo Spacecraft AS-201 Service Module and LEM Adapter sections in the worlds largest clean room at North American Aviation. These will be delivered to KSC and used to mate Spacecraft 009 atop the Saturn 1B for the Apollo SA-201 mission. This vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£11.95 AS-201 Lift Off 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 107-KSC-65C-7465 26 February 1966 Apollo/Saturn 201 with spacecraft #009 is launched from the Kennedy Space Centre's Launch Complex 34 at 11:12 a.m., February 26, 1966. The instrumented Apollo - command and service modules and a spacecraft LEM adapter - was successfully launched on the unmanned sub-orbital mission by the Saturn 1B to check spacecraft launch vehicle mechanical compatibility and to test the spacecraft heat shield in a high-velocity re-entry mode. This fine vintage NASA glossy photo is in very good condition. It is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£12.95 AS-201 Lift Off #2 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph 26 February 1966 Apollo/Saturn 201 with spacecraft #009 is launched from the Kennedy Space Centre's Launch Complex 34 at 11:12 a.m., February 26, 1966. The instrumented Apollo - command and service modules and a spacecraft LEM adapter - was successfully launched on the unmanned sub-orbital mission by the Saturn 1B to check spacecraft launch vehicle mechanical compatibility and to test the spacecraft heat shield in a high-velocity re-entry mode. This fine vintage NASA glossy photo is in very good condition. It is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£11.95 AS-201 Lift Off #3 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph 26 February 1966 Apollo/Saturn 201 with spacecraft #009 is launched from the Kennedy Space Centre's Launch Complex 34 at 11:12 a.m., February 26, 1966. The instrumented Apollo - command and service modules and a spacecraft LEM adapter - was successfully launched on the unmanned sub-orbital mission by the Saturn 1B to check spacecraft launch vehicle mechanical compatibility and to test the spacecraft heat shield in a high-velocity re-entry mode. This fine vintage NASA glossy photo is in very good condition. It is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft 009 AS-201 Recovery 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph NASA No. S-66-22158 26 February 1966 A Navy helicopter hovers over The Apollo Spacecraft 009 command module as a frogman team prepares it to be hoisted aboard the aircraft carrier USS Boxer. This AS-201 recovery operation was following the successful unmanned sub orbital Apollo/Saturn 1B Mission 201 test flight. An instrumented Apollo Command/Service modules and a spacecraft LEM adapter was launched from KSC by a Saturn 1B to check spacecraft and launch vehicle mechanical compatibility. Also to test the spacecraft heat shield in a high-velocity re-entry mode, and to test the service module propulsion system. This 1966 vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft 009 AS-201 Recovery #2 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph NASA No. S-66-22142 26 February 1966 The Apollo Spacecraft 009 command module is hoisted aboard the aircraft carrier USS Boxer during recovery operations following the successful unmanned sub orbital Apollo/Saturn 1B Mission 201 test flight. An instrumented Apollo Command/Service modules and a spacecraft LEM adapter was launched from KSC by a Saturn 1B to check spacecraft and launch vehicle mechanical compatibility. Also to test the spacecraft heat shield in a high-velocity re-entry mode, and to test the service module propulsion system. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 for 2 photos. Spacecraft Parachute Deployment Two photo deal. this one and the B/W below. 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-66-10997 Artist concept of Apollo main parachute deployment. This fine vintage NASA glossy photo is in very good condition. It is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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Spacecraft Parachute Deployment #2 Goes with the above colour photograph. 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph Details of the Apollo spacecraft parachute re-entry stages. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft 011 Tumble Test With Press Release 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph 18 April 1966 Apollo spacecraft command module receives final tumbling test in the worlds largest clean room. The tumbling is part of the last minute inspection procedure of structure before shipment to Cape Kennedy. Spacecraft 011 will be launched by a Saturn IB, AS-202, to test spacecraft-launch vehicle compatibility, and to check spacecraft systems. This fine vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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North American Aviation press release that goes with the above photograph. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft 011 In Altitude Chamber 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-66-34644 12 May 1966 Apollo Spacecraft 011 command and Service Modules are being installed in altitude chamber in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Building. S/C 011 is being checked out and made ready for the Apollo Saturn Mission 202 scheduled for the summer of 1966. AS-202, an unmanned sub-orbital mission, will be launched by a Saturn 1B to test spacecraft-launch vehicle compatibility, and to check spacecraft systems. This fine vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition, near mint. |
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SOLD AS-202 Saturn 1 Lift Off 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph NASA No. 66-H-1151 25 August 1966 The third unmanned Up-rated Apollo Saturn 1 launch vehicle lifted off from Complex 34 at 12:15 p.m. 25 august 1966. Plans are to carry the spacecraft #011 three-quarters way around the earth and land in the North Central Pacific Ocean. This mission will be the second performance check of Apollo Command Module ablative heat shield. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft Preparations With Press Release 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph 4 MAY 1966 Lower left and upper right views: A engineer in a space suit operates spacecraft evaluator in a Apollo simulation complex at North American Aviation. Command module evaluator has equipment to provide flight test crew with realistic environment to test the module. |
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Upper left view: Intricate scanning probe an inch from globe, and closed circuit TV system, display a picture of star field and 31 landmarks from world's most accurate earth sphere. Lower Right View: An Apollo "space table" sways and pitches like spacecraft in flight in response to commands of Apollo test crew. This fine 1966 vintage glossy photograph is in good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Spacecraft Water Egress Testing 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-66-35035 1966 Apollo Spacecraft is use to simulate splashdown conditions to check out water egress and recovery techniques in the Gulf of Mexico. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£11.95 Apollo Spacecraft Water Egress Testing #2 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-66-55668 1966 Apollo Spacecraft is use to simulate splashdown conditions to check out water egress and recovery techniques in the Gulf of Mexico. This very fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Apollo 1 Egress Testing 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-66-56172 5 October 1966 Engineers from the Landing and Recovery Division of the Manned Spacecraft Centre (Frank James, Paul Kruppenbacher and John Hirasaki) conducted water egress tests on 5 October 1966 in preparation for Apollo-1 mission. The test were conducted in a swimming pool at Ellington Air Force Base near MSC, using command module CM-007. Frogmen are seen rescuing an unconscious crewmember in this photo. A similar test was performed in the Gulf of Mexico to verify the seaworthiness and post-landing subsystems of the Block I command module. This fine vintage NASA colour glossy photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Apollo 1 Egress Testing #2 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-66-56167 5 October 1966 Engineers from the Landing and Recovery Division of the Manned Spacecraft Centre (Frank James, Paul Kruppenbacher and John Hirasaki) conducted water egress tests on 5 October 1966 in preparation for Apollo-1 mission. The test were conducted in a swimming pool at Ellington Air Force Base near MSC, using command module CM-007. Frogmen are seen rescuing an unconscious crewmember in this photo. A similar test was performed in the Gulf of Mexico to verify the seaworthiness and post-landing subsystems of the Block I command module. This fine vintage NASA colour glossy photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£11.95 Apollo 1 Egress Testing #3 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-66-56169 5 October 1966 Engineers from the Landing and Recovery Division of the Manned Spacecraft Centre (Frank James, Paul Kruppenbacher and John Hirasaki) conducted water egress tests on 5 October 1966 in preparation for Apollo-1 mission. The test were conducted in a swimming pool at Ellington Air Force Base near MSC, using command module CM-007. Our three engineers, Frank, Paul and John are seen in the life raft after the frogmen have egressed the three unconscious test astronauts from the floating spacecraft. This fine vintage NASA colour glossy photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£11.95 Apollo Donn Eisele Spacesuit Fit Check 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-67-38962 1967 Astronaut Donn Eisele is seen in a Apollo spacecraft during fit checks in the new type Apollo spacesuit at MSC. This fine vintage NASA colour glossy photograph is in mint condition and printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Command Module Main Parachutes With Press Release 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph 20 October 1967 Forward compartment of Apollo spacecraft command module shows main parachutes, drogue chutes and their containers, reaction control system engines (covered and ready for flight), and pilot mortar. This vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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North American Aviation Inc. Space Division press release attached to the above photo. |
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SOLD Spacecraft 102 020 and 2TV-1 Hatches 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-67-51351 27 October 1967 Unified hatches, in assembly area at North American Aviation for Spacecrafts 102, 020 and 2TV-1. This fine vintage NASA glossy photo is in near mint condition. It is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Command Module Unified Hatch 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-67-4466 1967 The completed Unified Hatch is seen in place on the 2TV-1 test Spacecraft. This fine vintage NASA glossy photo is in near mint condition. It is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Apollo Boilerplate 1102 At MSC 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-68-22394 12 May 1968 Apollo boilerplate Command Module BP-1102 seen in a water tank at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre in Houston, Texas. The BP will be used in support of Test CM-007A. CM-007A will tests the full scale seaworthiness of the command module in the Gulf of Mexico. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 Apollo Boilerplate 1102 Testing At MSC 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-68-22395 12 May 1968 A test person from the Landing and Recovery Division at the Manned Spacecraft Centre is entering Apollo boilerplate Command Module BP-1102 during ingress and egress procedures training in a water tank at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre in Houston, Texas. This was done in support of CM-007A tests (full scale test of the seaworthiness of the command module in the Gulf of Mexico). This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£11.95 Apollo Boilerplate 1102 Testing At MSC #2 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-68-22401 12 May 1968 A test person from the Landing and Recovery Division at the Manned Spacecraft Centre is entering Apollo boilerplate Command Module BP-1102 during ingress and egress procedures training in a water tank at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre in Houston, Texas. This was done in support of CM-007A tests (full scale test of the seaworthiness of the command module in the Gulf of Mexico). This fine vintage NASA colour glossy photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on 'A Kodak Paper' |
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SOLD Full Scale Mock-ups Of Apollo Spacecraft With Press Release 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy Photograph 3 April 1969 William Bergen, left, president of North American Rockwell's space Division, inspects full-scale mock-ups of Apollo spacecraft his company built for the U.S. exhibit at the Paris Air Show, May 29 - June 8. In the foreground is command module with special window to permit visitors to see interior. In background is a 82-foot completely assembled spacecraft to be seen for the first time by the public. This vintage glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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North American Aviation Inc. Space Division press release attached to the above photo. |
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