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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Portrait of the first humans back from another world, NASA [Apollo 8], 27 December 1968

printed 1968
vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper 8 h × 10 w in (20 × 25 cm)
estimate: $700–1,000
result: $125
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The Apollo 8 astronauts stand aboard the carrier USS Yorktown, prime recovery ship for the historic Apollo 8 first manned lunar orbit mission.
Accompanied by a document numbered '68-H-1423' with original NASA HQ caption.

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Apollo 8 spacecraft Commander, Frank Borman, addresses the crew shortly after coming aboard early December 27, 1968. Borman, clean shaven for the occasion, thanked the crew for giving up their Christmas in order to serve as prime recovery ship for the Apollo 8 mission. Astronauts William Anders and James Lovell stand beside Borman. [NASA caption]

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