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 astronauts checking out their EVA mobility units (two photos), NASA [Apollo 15], June 1971

printed 1971
vintage chromogenic prints on resin-coated Kodak paper 10 h × 8 w in (25 × 20 cm)
estimate: $700–1,000
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David Scott, Commander; James Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot; and Alfred Worden, Command Module Pilot check their Extravehicular Mobility Unit including the Hasselblad lunar surface camera (placed on the table, foreground, second photograph) in a fit and function check at the Flight Crew Training Building at the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA KSC captions and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks to verso of each photo.

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David Scott, Commander, James Irwin, Lunar Module Pilot, and Alfred Worden, Command Module Pilot check their Extravehicular Mobility Unit including the Hasselblad lunar surface camera (placed on the table in the foreground of thesecond photograph) in a fit and function check at the Flight Crew Training Building at the Kennedy Space Center.

The final three Apollo missions were scientific expeditions, outfitted with extra supplies which allowed a pair of astronauts to spend three days on the Moon. With improved spacesuits that offered greater mobility, they took moonwalks lasting up to seven hours, a full working day of exploration.

Best of all, these teams brought along their own transportation: a battery-powered Lunar Rover that allowed them to travel across the landscape, even onto the sides of mountains.

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