Tag: Iconic
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The “Blue Marble”, the iconic view of sun-illumnated Earth (Large format)
This fabulous large format presentation vintage chromogenic print shows the most reproduced photograph in the entire history of photography. Only this final Apollo 17 mission saw the Earth fully illuminated.
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Eugene Cernan on the last human mission on the moon, next to US flag and Lunar Rover
Space MissionApollo 17, 7-19 December 1972, EVA 3 PhotographerHarrison Schmitt Photo DescriptionVintage chromogenic print on a fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.2 x 25.4 cm; ‘A Kodak Paper’ watermarks on verso Essay118:22:46 Cernan: Yes, sir. How about right there? (Pause) (We’ll) take a couple (of pictures) this way, and we’ll take a couple that way. How’s that?118:22:57…
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Dave Scott salutes stars and stripes
Astronaut David R. Scott, commander, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed United States flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site.
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First Panorama on Mars
This image is the first panoramic view of the Martian surface, taken by the Viking 1 lander.
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LM Eagle and Earthrise
After 21 hours on the surface, the LM Eagle with Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on board rose to join Michael Collins in the orbiting CSM Columbia. As Eagle approached for docking, Collins witnessed the unique view of an Earthrise behind Eagle. He became the only person in history to capture a photograph showing every…
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First human-taken photograph of the Planet Earth: cover of LIFE magazine
Apollo 8 marked the extraordinary moment in history when humans truly left their Home Planet for the very first time. William Anders, James Lovell and Frank Borman became the first human beings to see the Earth as a sphere hanging in space; a great milestone for human consciousness.
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First close-up photograph of Mars
The historic first photograph of Mars, taken from nearly 150 million miles away, showing the first ever close-up view of the Red Planet, featured on the cover of the TIME magazine on 23 July 1965.
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First close-up photographs of another world
Four consecutive views depicting the first close up photographs of another world taken by the crash lander Ranger 7 on its way down to the lunar surface.
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The historic world’s first space rendez-vous: Gemini 7 seen from Gemini 6A
Thomas Stafford A superb view of Gemini 7 from Gemini 6A spacecraft during the first ever rendezvous of two spacecraft in space, taken from a distance of approximately 58 feet off west coast of India at sunrise.
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First Hasselblad photographs of the Earth from space
Two views of Earth from space taken by Gordon Cooper from inside his Faith 7 capsule, showing high plateau near Himalayas (63-MA9-190) and China (63-MA9-197), partly overcast by clouds and capturing the curvature of the Earth.