One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs from the Victor Martin-Malburet Collection 
28 October 2022
One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs from the Victor Martin-Malburet Collection 
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Neil Armstrong testing the equipment for his first space mission, NASA [Gemini VIII], 23 February 1966

printed 1966
vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper 8 h × 10 w in (20 × 25 cm)
estimate: $800–1,200
result: $157
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Neil Armstrong’s mission was to perform the first docking ever to take place in space, a major milestone of space exploration.
Numbered to verso '66-H-129' with NASA HQ caption.

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Neil Armstrong’s mission was to perform the first docking ever to take place in space, a major milestone of space exploration.

Astronaut Neil Armstrong, Command Pilot for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Gemini VIII mission is suited up by a NASA suit technician during weight and balance test.
[NASA caption, Cape Kennedy, FL]

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