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 crew going to the launch pad for liftoff on board the giant Saturn V rocket (two photos), NASA [Apollo 14], November 1970 - 31 January 1971

printed 1970-1971
vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper 8 h × 10 w in (20 × 25 cm)
estimate: $700–1,000
result: $1,750
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The first photograph shows it’s all “go” for the launch of Apollo 14 as Astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., leads crewmen Stuart A. Roosa, center, and Edgar D. Mitchell from the suiting room in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Buiding. The space pilots will be launched on the Nation’s sixth manned voyage to the Moon. The second photograph shows a high-angle view at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), showing the Apollo 14 (Spacecraft 110/Lunar Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad A.
Number to verso of one photo '71-H-232' with NASA KSC caption. Numbered to upper margin of one photo 'NASA S-70-54127' with NASA MSC caption to verso.

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It’s all “go” for the launch of Apollo 14 as Astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., leads crewmen Stuart A. Roosa, center, and Edgar D. Mitchell from the suiting room in the Manned Spacecraft Operations Buiding. The space pilots will be launched on the Nation’s sixth manned voyage to the Moon. [NASA caption for the first photograph]

Apollo 14 ROLL OUT
A high-angle view at Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC), showing the Apollo 14 (Spacecraft 110/Lunar Module 8/Saturn 509) space vehicle on the way from the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) to Pad A. The Saturn V stack and its mobile launch tower sit atop a huge crawler-transporter. The Apollo 14 crewmen will be astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr., commander; Stuart A. Roosa, command module pilot; and Edgar D. Mitchell, lunar module pilot. [NASA caption for the second photograph]

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