APOLLO MISSION CONTROL PHOTO PLUS

Below you will find a selection of Vintage Glossy NASA Photographs that were given to my father by NASA's Office of Public Affairs back in the 1960's. They are all printed on the familiar 'A Kodak Paper' that NASA's early colour photos were printed on and each one is in very good condition.

I have added a little extra on the price to cover the cost of the large board-backed envelopes and plastic stiffeners used for Flat-Pack shipping. So with that and my normal Postage & Packing charge will cover the cost of shipping these very nice but large glossy photographs.

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Launch Complex 34

11 x 14 Vintage Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. S-62-06165

1962

A wonderful aerial view of Launch Complex 34 shortly after completion of construction. In the background, looking South, are LC's 20, 19, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11. etc. You can almost see LC 36 and LC's 1 to 4 before the land curves to the left heading towards LC 21 & 22.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. And printed on the heavy ' A Kodak Paper.'

£16.95

MA-8 Wally Schirra

11 x 14 Vintage Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

3 October 1962

Wally Schirra is seen on a Ship to Shore telephone call during his post-flight physical check-up on board the prime recovery vessel U.S.S. Kearsage after his 6 orbit space flight in his Sigma 7 spacecraft.

During his historic flight his water cooled space suit malfunctioned and the mission was almost aborted but Wally managed to fix the problem and carried on to fly higher than any other Mercury astronaut to date.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. And printed on the heavy ' A Kodak Paper.'

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Apollo 8 View Of The Caribbean

11 x 14 Vintage Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

NASA No. AS08-16-2581

21 December 1968

This photograph of Earth was taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft while it was in Earth orbit. Most of the south-eastern United States and the Caribbean Sea area, the U.S. coastline from Chesapeake Bay to the Florida Peninsula can be seen. The Bahamas and the islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico extend across the Caribbean, the light blue of the shallow Bahamas banks contrasting sharply with the darker hue of the deeper water, especially in the Tongue of the Ocean area.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. And printed on the heavy ' A Kodak Paper.'

13 September 1961 - Mercury-Atlas 4 (MA-4) - was launched from Cape Canaveral with special vibration and noise instrumentation and a mechanical crewman simulator aboard in addition to the normal spacecraft equipment. This was the first Mercury spacecraft to attain an earth orbit. The orbital apogee was 123 nautical miles and the perigee was 86 nautical miles. After one orbit, the spacecraft's orbital timing device triggered the retrograde rockets, and the spacecraft splashed in the Atlantic Ocean 161 miles east of Bermuda. Recovery was made by the USS Decatur. During the flight, only three slight deviations were noted - a small leak in the oxygen system; loss of voice contact over Australia; and the failure of an inverter in the environmental control system. Overall, the flight was highly successful: the Atlas booster performed well and demonstrated that it was ready for the manned flight, the spacecraft systems operated well, and the Mercury global tracking network and telemetry operated in an excellent manner and was ready to support manned orbital flight.

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MA-4 Earth Limb View And Hurricane Esther

11 x 14 Vintage Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

13 September 1961

A fine view of the Earth Limb and a huge Hurricane as captured by a camera onboard the Mercury-Atlas 4 space craft during it Earth orbit.

The Mercury Atlas-4 booster was launched from the Cape's LC-14 at 9:04 a.m. on 13 September 1961 with Mercury Spacecraft #8A as a payload.

MA-4 was the first Mercury spacecraft to orbit the earth. The USS Decatur recovered the Mercury Atlas 4 spacecraft 166 miles east of Bermuda. Elapsed time from lift-off to recovery was 3 hours and 10 minutes. A simulated man (robot) aboard rode at a speed of 17,519 miles per hour at maximum altitude of 158.6 miles.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. And printed on the heavy ' A Kodak Paper.'

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MA-4 Earth Limb View And Hurricane Esther #2

11 x 14 Vintage Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

13 September 1961

Another fine view of the Earth Limb and a huge Hurricane as captured just seconds after the photos above by a camera onboard the Mercury-Atlas 4 space craft during its Earth orbit.

The Mercury Atlas-4 booster was launched from the Cape's LC-14 at 9:04 a.m. on 13 September 1961 with Mercury Spacecraft #8A as a payload.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. And printed on the heavy ' A Kodak Paper.'

£15.95

Mercury Atlas-4 Recovery

11 x 14 Vintage Colour Glossy NASA Photograph

13 September 1961

A very unique and surreal underwater view of the Mercury Atlas-4 spacecraft during recovery. You can clearly see the landing bag. Shortly before splashdown the heat-shield was detached and the landing bag deployed to cushion the impact. From top to bottom you can see the flotation collar, the deployed landing bag and the heat-shield. The Navy Frog-man's leg and flipper is a added bonus to this fantastic early recovery shot.

The Mercury Atlas-4 booster was launched from the Cape's LC-14 at 9:04 a.m. on 13 September 1961 with Mercury Spacecraft #8A as a payload.

This fine vintage NASA glossy photograph is in very good condition. And printed on the heavy ' A Kodak Paper.'

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