Eight NASA press photographs, gelatin silver prints, featuring stunning images of the Moon taken by the Lunar Orbiter II, showing different sections of the craterous surface, including the craters Copernicus and Fauth. The lot includes: 1. Two official NASA "Black Number" prints: L-66-9823 and L-66-9572 with NASA captions printed in black on the reverse; 2. Further three images: 66-H-1634 and two unnumbered, featureing violet mimeographed NASA captions on the reverse; 3. Remaining three vintage unnumbered photographs with typed captions affixed to the reverse. All photographs measure approximately 26.5 x 20.5 cm (10 ½ x 8 inches), with margins. The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of five unmanned lunar orbiter missions launched by the United States from 1966 through 1967. The aim of the program was to select Apollo landing sites by mapping the Moon's surface. The missions provided the first photographs from lunar orbit and photographed both the Moon and Earth. Lunar Orbiter II was launched on the 6th November 1966. In all, Lunar Orbiter II took 211 photographs in 40 orbits of the Moon.
Eight NASA press photographs, gelatin silver prints, featuring stunning images of the Moon taken by the Lunar Orbiter II, showing different sections of the craterous surface, including the craters Copernicus and Fauth. The lot includes: 1. Two official NASA "Black Number" prints: L-66-9823 and L-66-9572 with NASA captions printed in black on the reverse; 2. Further three images: 66-H-1634 and two unnumbered, featureing violet mimeographed NASA captions on the reverse; 3. Remaining three vintage unnumbered photographs with typed captions affixed to the reverse. All photographs measure approximately 26.5 x 20.5 cm (10 ½ x 8 inches), with margins. The Lunar Orbiter program was a series of five unmanned lunar orbiter missions launched by the United States from 1966 through 1967. The aim of the program was to select Apollo landing sites by mapping the Moon's surface. The missions provided the first photographs from lunar orbit and photographed both the Moon and Earth. Lunar Orbiter II was launched on the 6th November 1966. In all, Lunar Orbiter II took 211 photographs in 40 orbits of the Moon.
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