One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs from the Victor Martin-Malburet Collection 
28 October 2022
, Gemini astronaut-photographers Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell posing with their Hasselblad and Maurer space cameras, NASA [Gemini XII], 11-15 November 1966 - Image 1 of 2
, Gemini astronaut-photographers Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell posing with their Hasselblad and Maurer space cameras, NASA [Gemini XII], 11-15 November 1966 - Image 2 of 2
One Giant Leap for Mankind: Vintage Photographs from the Victor Martin-Malburet Collection 
, Gemini astronaut-photographers Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell posing with their Hasselblad and Maurer space cameras, NASA [Gemini XII], 11-15 November 1966 - Image 1 of 2
, Gemini astronaut-photographers Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell posing with their Hasselblad and Maurer space cameras, NASA [Gemini XII], 11-15 November 1966 - Image 2 of 2
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Gemini astronaut-photographers Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell posing with their Hasselblad and Maurer space cameras, NASA [Gemini XII], 11-15 November 1966

printed 1966
vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper 10 h × 8 w in (25 × 20 cm)
estimate: $1,000–1,200
result: $344
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A great photograph showing the importance of photography for NASA’s astronauts.
Numbered to upper margin 'NASA S-66-62938' with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks to verso.

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“These men were not professional photographers, but they were professional observers, recorders, and interpreters of scientific phenomena, as well as human beings appreciative of natural beauty. Thus, [their] photographs represent a combination of scientific and esthetic interests. Each of the flight crews was selected for a particular mission several months before the flight and underwent rigorous specific-mission training during the period between selection and launch. The training included not only instruction and practice in the use of the cameras and film but also briefings on the scientific background and purpose of the photographic experiments planned for that particular flight, in addition to the engineering and pilot training required for the mission. [...] The photography obtained in the Gemini program will stand as a lasting tribute to the flight crews’ abilities and interest.”

—Robert Gilruth, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Director (NASA SP-171, pg. 257)

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