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SOLD Little Joe 2 Launch 10 x 8 B/ W NASA Glossy Photograph NASA No. M-60 4 December 1959 Little Joe 2 was launched from Wallops Station to check high-altitude performance of the escape system with Sam on board. Sam was a rhesus monkey that was used as a test subject. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Saturn Test Booster SA-T 10 x 8 B/ W NASA Glossy Photograph February 1960 The first testing of the mighty Saturn Booster. The booster SA-T is being installed in the East Area Static Test Stand at Marshall Space Flight Centre. The SA-T was fired for the first time on 28 March 1960. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD New Dock For The Apollo Program 10 x 8 B/W NASA Glossy Photograph NASA No. LOD 61-2192 2 March 1961 An aerial view of the new dock built for the Apollo Program at Cape Canaveral. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Near Completed Blockhouse at Complex 34 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 61-SAT-5 1961 The nearly-completed blockhouse of Saturn launch Complex 34 at Cape Canaveral is pictured from a lower level of the 310-foot service stand. This is the first of two planned launch sites for the 1.5 million pound thrust Saturn which will be 185-feet high in its initial configuration. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Saturn 1 In Gantry 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 61-Sat-55 September 1961 A fine view of the very first Saturn Launch Vehicle in its gantry at Launch Complex 34. The first stage has a rain cover over it to protect it from the weather. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in good to poor condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Saturn 1 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 61-Sat-56 20 September 1961 The mighty Saturn Space Vehicle, the largest US rocket ever developed to date. The first SA-1 stage consists of a cluster of eight liquid-fuel engines, totaling 1.5 million pounds of thrust. Second and third stages will be dummies for this first R&D launch. This will be the first attempt to launch Saturn, a booster test and guidance control mission. It will be programmed to go to approx. 100 miles altitude and about 200 miles down range. The SA-1 booster will not be recovered as later version will be. Around the base of the first stage, drapes a rain cover to protect moisture from getting into fuel tanks. This very fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in good to poor condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Saturn 1 Loxing At LC-34 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 27 October 1961 A fantastic ground level close up view of the first Saturn C-1 vehicle as it appeared in the countdown shortly before removal of the Service Structure. The 1.3 million pound thrust booster is capped by two inert upper stages and a 'Payload'. About ten per cent of the liquid oxygen load has been pumped into the booster tanks when this picture was taken; the remainder of the LOX will be loaded following the removal of the Service Structure. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Saturn 1 Loxing At LC-34 #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 27 October 1961 The first Saturn C-1 vehicle as it appeared in the countdown shortly before removal of the Service Structure. The 1.3 million pound thrust booster is capped by two inert upper stages and a 'Payload'. About ten per cent of the liquid oxygen load has been pumped into the booster tanks when this picture was taken; the remainder of the LOX will be loaded following the removal of the Service Structure. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Saturn 1 Final Loxing 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 27 October 1961 The first Saturn C-1 (SA-1) space vehicle will be ready to fly after final Loxing. About ten per cent of the liquid oxygen load was pumped into the booster tanks before the removal of the Service Structure and now its tanks can be topped up without the danger of damaging the Service Structure in case an explosion occurs. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo SA-1 Ignition 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 27 October 1961 The first Saturn launch vehicle just after the point of ignition on 27 October 1961 at 10:06 EST. at LC 34. This was A very successful research and development flight to kick off the Apollo program to land men on the Moon. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo SA-1 Ignition 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph 27 October 1961 A brilliant view of the first Saturn launch vehicle at the point of ignition on 27 October 1961 at 10:06 EST. at Pad 34. This was A very successful research and development flight to kick off the Apollo program to land men on the Moon. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. It is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper' |
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SOLD Apollo Saturn 1 Lift Off 9 x 7 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 61-SA1-14A 27 October 1961 The first Saturn space vehicle was launched on 27 October 1961 at 10:06 EST from Launch Complex 34 and completed a successful research and development flight. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. There is a very small nick in the gloss top left. |
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SOLD Apollo Saturn 1 Lift Off #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 27 October 1961 The first test flight of the mighty Saturn space vehicle. Noted as SA-1 completed a text book ballistic flight to kick off the Saturn Apollo program. Launched from Pad 34 at 10:06 a.m. on 27 October 1961. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. VG+ |
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SOLD Apollo SA-1 Lift Off 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 27 October 1961 The first Saturn space vehicle was launched on 27 October 1961 at 10:06 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 34 and completed a successful research and development flight to kick off the Apollo program to land men on the Moon. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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£9.95 Apollo Saturn 1 Lift Off #3 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. LOD 61-8871 27 October 1961 The first Saturn space vehicle was launched on 27 October 1961 at 10:06 a.m. EST from Launch Complex 34 and completed a successful research and development flight. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in near mint condition. |
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£4.95 Project High Water 1 Saturn SA-2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. M2-853 22 April 1962 Artist's conception depicts what scientists expect to happen when the Saturn upper stages filled with 96 tons of water are exploded at 65 miles altitude. This test is scheduled for April 1962 on the second Saturn test launch noted as SA-2. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in good condition. |
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£6.95 Launch Complex 37 Water Station 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 62-Saturn-37-10 1962 Launch Complex 37 - construction of the water pumping station on the new Saturn pad is almost completed. The water will be used as a cooling agent in launching the million-and-a-half pound thrust Saturn vehicles. This fine vintage black and white NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Launch Complex 37 Blockhouse 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 62-Saturn-37-7 1962 Construction of the blockhouse at Complex 37 is coming to completion. LC 37 is scheduled to be finished by October 1962 making two Saturn Launch Pads available. This fine vintage black and white NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. |
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Special Gallery Little Joe II QTV & A-001 Missions 65 fantastic, mostly colour, vintage NASA glossy photographs. From the construction of the launch pad on the Apollo-Little Joe Launch Complex at White Sands to Lift Off of the first Little Joe II and the second test flight, mission noted as A-001. All the vintage glossy photographs in this gallery are in near mint condition. |
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Special Mini Gallery 1979 Vintage NASA Reissues Apollo Pad Abort Test #1 9 wonderful glossy photographs from mating to recovery at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. |
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SOLD Project Fire 1 10 x 8 Colour NASA Glossy Photograph September 1963 A rare original colour photograph of the Atlas D launch booster on Launch Complex 12 with Project Fire 1 as a payload. Project Fire was used to expand scientific knowledge of re-entry systems and three launches occurred between 1963 and 1966. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. It is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper' |
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£6.95 Project Fire Velocity Package 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 64 Proj. Fire-9 1 April 1964 Engineers install the heat shield on the Velocity Package for Project Fire in preparation for a series of tests before delivery of the package to NASA. After delivery it will be launched by a Atlas D booster from Launch Complex 12 at KSC. Project Fire is an experiment to obtain in-flight definition of radiant heating at lunar return speeds. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Saturn S-IV Stage Delivered To The Cape 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. LOC 63-9604 21 September 1963 The Saturn S-IV stage is seen being unloaded from the special built aeroplane on KSC's skid strip that was nick named the "Pregnant Guppie". This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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£8.95 See & Borman In Prototype Lunar Spacesuit 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-64-23391 22 July 1964 Astronauts Frank Borman and Elliot See demonstrate prototype thermal over-garments designed to protect men on the Moon from the direct rays of the sun and the resultant heat radiated without a thick protection of atmosphere. I like the little LM in the middle. How are they going to fit in there ? Perhaps it is meant to represent the LM at a distance. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Elliot See Flight Training 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-64-10102 19 November 1963 Astronaut Elliot M. See inspects the engine on the H-13 Bell Helicopter just prior to flight training at Ellyson Field near Pensacola, Florida. Along with the LLTV, helicopters were used for lunar landing flight training. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition, near mint. |
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SOLD Full Size Lunar Module Mock-Up LEM M-3 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph Grumman No. L.E.M. 64328 20 March 1964 Full scale mock-up of the Lunar Module in Grumman's Lab at Bethpage, New York. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Merritt Island Launch Area 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. KSC 164-13 4 April 1964 Here is a wonderful photograph showing all the different areas of the Merritt Island Industrial Area as it was back in 1964. Each location is clearly labelled and easy to read. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Aerial View Of Missile Row 10 x 8 Colour NASA Glossy Photograph NASA No. 64PC-0082 13 November 1964 Overall aerial view of Missile Row, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The view is looking north, with the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) under construction, in the upper left hand corner. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. VG+ Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper' |
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SOLD New Crawler Tractor Unit 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 64-Complex 39-16 13 May 1964 The crawler is shown for the very first time at the Marion Power Shovel Company in Marion, Ohio. Seen here is one of four units that will make up the self-propelled crawler transporter platform that will carry the huge Saturn V launch vehicle and its mobile launch tower from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad A or B of Launch Complex 39. The four huge tractor-treads will be mechanically tied together in pairs, front and rear to make up the steer-able platform that will race through the 3.5 miles to the launch pads at a mind blowing 3 miles per hour. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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£7.95 New Crawler Tractor Unit #2 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 64-Complex 39-15 13 May 1964 The crawler is shown for the very first time at the Marion Power Shovel Company in Marion, Ohio. Seen here is one of four units that will make up the self-propelled crawler transporter platform that will carry the huge Saturn V launch vehicle and its mobile launch tower from the Vehicle Assembly Building to launch pad A or B of Launch Complex 39. The four huge tractor-treads will be mechanically tied together in pairs, front and rear to make up the steer-able platform that will race through the 3.5 miles to the launch pads at a mind blowing 3 miles per hour top speed. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Mobile Launch Pads 1 & 2 Construction 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph August 1964 Aerial view of the nearly completed Mobile Launcher No. 1 and construction on the Umbilical Tower on Mobile Launcher No. 2. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Vehicle Assembly Building Steel Construction 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA NO. 64-Complex39-9 August 1964 Ground level view of the construction of the steel erection of Vehicle Assembly Building, Merritt Island launch area. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in good to very good condition. |
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SOLD Vehicle Assembly Building Construction 10 x 8 Colour NASA Glossy Photograph NASA No. 65-117-0389824/198 20 April 1965 A fine aerial view during the construction of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition and printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Vehicle Assembly Building Construction #2 10 x 8 Colour NASA Glossy Photograph NASA No. 65-117-0389824/199 June 1965 A fine aerial view during the construction of the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB). This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition and printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Nearly Completed Vehicle Assembly Building 10 x 8 Colour NASA Glossy Photograph 1965 A splendid aerial view of the newly completed VAB. A mobile LUT can be seen just inside the right doorway. This fine vintage NASA glossy photo is in very good condition. It is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper' |
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SOLD Completed Vehicle Assembly Building 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 1965 Side view of the newly completed and occupied Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Centre. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Completed Launch Control Centre 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 1965 Ground level view of the completed Launch Control Centre (LCC) that faces East towards the launch pads. Note that almost the entire East facing wall is windows that tilt upwards slightly for clear views of the launches from the launch pads and as the rocket climbs skyward. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD The VAB And Mobile Launchers 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 100-KSC-65C-4719 July 1965 Here is a wonder aerial view of the VAB and the three Saturn Mobile Launchers in their parking slots with a good look to the East up the 3.5 mile crawler way that leads to Pad A at Launch Complex 39. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD VAB and S-IVB Inner Stage 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 107-KSC-65C-7465 2 November 1965 A wonderful aerial view of the Vehicle Assembly Building and the S-IVB inner stage on a barge at dock in the turning basin. The Mobile Launcher's 1, 2 and 3 and their LUT's can be seen on the right. This fine vintage NASA glossy photo is in very good condition, near mint and printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£6.95 Mobile Launcher No. 1 On Crawler-way 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. 100-KSC-65C-4719 24 July 1965 Mobile Launcher and LUT on Crawler-way on its way to Complex 39 at Kennedy Space Centre. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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£6.95 KSC's New Hydrogen Storage Tank 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 1965 A nice shot of the Cape's new liquid hydrogen tank. Before this was installed, fuelling up the rockets required trucks to be used which cause certain hazards. Direct feeds from tank to pad were laid so fuelling / loxing was not quite as dangerous as it was with using tanker trucks. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good 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. 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 SA-10 Lift Off With Pegasus 3 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph 31 July 1965 NASA launched Pegasus 3, third of the meteoroid detection satellites, as scheduled at 8:00 a.m. EST, from Cape Kennedy's LC37. As earlier, an Apollo spacecraft (boilerplate 9) served as the payload's shroud. This flight (SA-10) marked the end of the Saturn I program, which during its seven-year lifetime had achieved 10 straight successful launches and had contributed immeasurably to American rocket technology. This fine vintage glossy NASA photograph is in very good condition. |
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SOLD Apollo Mission Simulator 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-65-64381 December 1965 The Apollo Mission Simulator crew station, including optical system which will supply the "out of the window" views, located in Building 5. The AMS is a primary training system which will prepare Apollo astronauts for flights. Standing nearly thirty feet high and weighing forty tons, the simulator is designed to familiarise Apollo crews with equipment, crew tasks, mission procedures and emergency flight situations. This trainer was made operational in May 1966. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£10.95 NASA Office Of Manned Space Flight 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-65-11350A A very nice presentation photograph giving the basic structure of the Manned Space Flight offices. This very fine vintage NASA colour glossy photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£10.95 NASA Apollo Program Objectives 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-65-11344A Another very nice presentation photograph with a NASA test subject seen during EVA geology training and the four main program objectives listed. This very fine vintage NASA colour glossy photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD Apollo Mission Overview 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-66-8024 A very nice concept of the two primary phases of the upcoming Apollo Lunar Missions. This very fine vintage NASA colour glossy photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD The New Centrifuge At MSC 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-66-264 January 1966 A wonderful view of the new centrifuge located in the Flight Acceleration Facility in Building 30 at MSC. The 50-ft arm can swing the three-man gondola to create g-forces astronauts will experience during lift-offs and re-entry. This fine vintage NASA colour glossy photograph is in mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD The New Centrifuge At MSC 10 x 8 B/W Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-66-17698 January 1966 A wonderful photograph of the new centrifuge located in the Flight Acceleration Facility in Building 30 at MSC. The 50-ft arm can swing the three-man gondola to create g-forces astronauts will experience during lift-offs and re-entry. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. |
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£12.95 Philip Chapman Centrifuge Training 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph NASA No. S-68-26849 19 March 1968 Scientist Astronaut Philip K. Chapman is strapped into the gondola of the MSC centrifuge in the Flight Acceleration Facility, Building 30, during familiarization training at the Manned Spacecraft Centre. Assisting Chapman is Eugene K. Wendler, Systems Test Branch, Crew Systems Division. This very fine vintage NASA colour glossy photograph is in near mint condition. Printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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SOLD AS-201 First Stage Erection 10 x 8 Colour Glossy NASA Photograph February 1966 Apollo/Saturn 201 first stage is seen being lifted into place at Launch Complex 34 at the Cape. The instrumented Apollo Command and Service modules (Spacecraft 009) and a spacecraft LEM adapter will follow after the first stage is set in place on the launch pad. This will be the first launch of the Saturn 1B to check spacecraft and 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 good condition and is printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£12.95 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 colour glossy photograph is in very good condition and printed on heavy 'A Kodak Paper'. |
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£12.95 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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£10.95 AS-201 Lift Off #4 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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£8.95 AS-201 Clears The Tower 10 x 8 Black & White Glossy 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 photograph has a NARC press release attached that folds out facing the front. This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in good to very good condition. |
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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 B/W Glossy NASA 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 1966 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'. |
