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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The first crew training for a voyage to another world (two photos), NASA [Apollo 8], 5 March-25 October 1968

printed 1968
vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper 8 h × 10 w in (20 × 25 cm)
estimate: $800–1,200
result: $188
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Frank Borman, William Anders and James Lovell would become the first humans to venture beyond Earth’s orbit and journey to another world.
Numbered to upper margin of each example 'NASA S-68-29201' and 'NASA S-68-52423' with NASA MSC caption and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks to verso.

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In the first photograph, Lunar Module Pilot William Anders and Commander Frank Borman are preparing to enter Lunar Module Test Article (LTA-1). Borman and Anders would have been co-pilots in case of a lunar landing mission and extensively tested the Lunar Module system at Grumman Corporation (manufacturer of the LM).

Shown in the second photograph, Commander Frank Borman relaxes aboard the NASA Motor Vessel Retriever after suiting up for water egress training in the Gulf of Mexico.

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