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  • Alan Shepard selfie

    Alan Shepard selfie

    Commander Alan Shepard walks toward the Modularized Equipment Transporter (MET), during the first Apollo 14 EVA.

  • The first color photograph of the first Earthrise witnessed by humans (Large Format)

    The first color photograph of the first Earthrise witnessed by humans (Large Format)

    The celebrated view of Planet Earth rising above the bleached lunar horizon (the first taken by human beings on color film). The crew had completed three lunar orbits before emerging from the farside and witnessing this sight for the first time, surely one of the most astounding ever photographed in all of human history.

  • The first human-taken photograph in lunar orbit

    The first human-taken photograph in lunar orbit

    For three days the Apollo 8 astronauts journeyed outward toward a goal they could not see. The Moon would fill their view once they slipped into orbit around it.

  • Earth, like a diamond in the lunar sky

    Earth, like a diamond in the lunar sky

    This is one of the very few Apollo photographs showing the Earth from the surface of the Moon, as seen by humans, in an extraordinary reversal of viewpoint. Eugene Cernan took great care of capturing this photograph of major philosophical importance. The last man on the Moon framed this fantastic shot at station 2, located…

  • Crescent Earthrise beyond the Moon’s barren horizon

    Crescent Earthrise beyond the Moon’s barren horizon

    Apollo 15 was the first of the Apollo “J” missions capable of a longer stay time on the moon and greater surface mobility. There were four primary objectives falling in the general categories of lunar surface science, lunar orbital science and engineering-operational.

  • Outstanding view of the moon

    Outstanding view of the moon

    Space MissionApollo 11, 21 July 1969 PhotographerNasa Photo DescriptionVintage chromogenic print on a fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.2 x 25.4 cm; NASA caption and ‘A Kodak Paper’ watermarks on verso, numbered NASA AS11-44-6665 in red ink in top margin EssayThis outstanding view of the entire nearside surface of the moon was photographed from the Apollo 11…

  • The step on the Moon

    The step on the Moon

    Space MissionApollo 11, 16-24 July 1969 PhotographerBuzz Aldrin Photo DescriptionVintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper EssayThis famous photograph was taken by Buzz Aldrin to provide a visual record of the relative density of the surface in a “soil mechanics test” and is now one of the most iconic of the entire space program. “I…

  • The footprint on the Moon

    The footprint on the Moon

    Space MissionApollo 11, July 16-24, 1969 PhotographerBuzz Aldrin Photo DescriptionVintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper. 8 h × 10 w in (20 × 25 cm); A Kodak Paper on the verso. Essay“A step toward immortality.”—Wernher Von Braun, chief architect of the Apollo Saturn project (Thomas, pg. 179) After he first photographed the untouched lunar…

  • The first photograph of a human onto the surface of another world

    The first photograph of a human onto the surface of another world

    Space MissionApollo 11, 16-24 July 1969 PhotographerNeil Armstrong Photo DescriptionVintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper. 8 h × 10 w in (20 × 25 cm); A Kodak Paper on the verso. EssayThe first ever photograph of a human being walking onto another world than his Home Planet. As requested per his checklist, Armstrong took…

  • The “Picture of the Century” by LIFE magazine: into the heart of Crater Copernicus

    The “Picture of the Century” by LIFE magazine: into the heart of Crater Copernicus

    This historic photograph was taken with the 610mm high resolution telephoto lens featuring a dramatic northward view inside the majestic 93-km wide and 3.8 km deep Crater Copernicus (latitude 10° N, longitude 20° W), hailed at the time as “The Picture of the Century.”