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Auction archive: Lot number 343

Diptych: Eugene Cernan testing the Lunar Rover and parking it by the LM, Apollo 17, December 1972

Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$555 - US$833
Price realised:
£200
ca. US$277
Auction archive: Lot number 343

Diptych: Eugene Cernan testing the Lunar Rover and parking it by the LM, Apollo 17, December 1972

Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$555 - US$833
Price realised:
£200
ca. US$277
Beschreibung:

Harrison Schmitt A pair of images, comprising: 1) Eugene Cernan testing the unloaded Lunar Rover at Taurus-Littrow landing site, EVA 1 12 December 1972 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), RED NUMBERED NASA AS17-147-22526, with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on the verso, (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center) 2) The Lunar Rover parked by the Lunar Module "Challenger", EVA 1 12 December 1972 Vintage chromogenic print on resin-coated Kodak paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), [NASA AS17-147-22527], with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on the verso Footnotes: The crew had just extracted and activated the Lunar Rover and Eugene Cernan can be seen giving it a test drive. This was successful to the relief of the crew, as it was planned that Apollo 17 would be making longer traverses than any of the previous Apollo missions. The Rover was then loaded with tools, experiment hardware, a TV camera, and antennas.

Auction archive: Lot number 343
Auction:
Datum:
17 Mar 2021
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
Beschreibung:

Harrison Schmitt A pair of images, comprising: 1) Eugene Cernan testing the unloaded Lunar Rover at Taurus-Littrow landing site, EVA 1 12 December 1972 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), RED NUMBERED NASA AS17-147-22526, with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on the verso, (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center) 2) The Lunar Rover parked by the Lunar Module "Challenger", EVA 1 12 December 1972 Vintage chromogenic print on resin-coated Kodak paper, 25.4 x 20.3 cm (10 x 8 in), [NASA AS17-147-22527], with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on the verso Footnotes: The crew had just extracted and activated the Lunar Rover and Eugene Cernan can be seen giving it a test drive. This was successful to the relief of the crew, as it was planned that Apollo 17 would be making longer traverses than any of the previous Apollo missions. The Rover was then loaded with tools, experiment hardware, a TV camera, and antennas.

Auction archive: Lot number 343
Auction:
Datum:
17 Mar 2021
Auction house:
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions
16-17 Pall Mall
St James’s
London, SW1Y 5LU
United Kingdom
info@dreweatts.com
+44 (0)20 78398880
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