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Pete Conrad and Surveyor III robot spacecraft with Ocean of Storms Base in the background, Alan Bean [Apollo 12], 14-24 November 1969
Pete Conrad and Surveyor III robot spacecraft with Ocean of Storms Base in the background, Alan Bean [Apollo 12], 14-24 November 1969
printed 1969
vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper 8 h × 10 w in (20 × 25 cm)
vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper 8 h × 10 w in (20 × 25 cm)
estimate: $1,000–1,500
result: $313
This symbolic photograph of the Apollo 12 mission shows for the very first time a human being next to a robot spacecraft on the surface of another world.
Numbered to upper margin 'NASA AS12-48-7134'. Inscribed to verso with NASA MSC caption.
note: Media visuals referencing the original NASA photograph(s) not included.
literature: LIFE, 12 December 1969, pg. 37 Time, 5 December 1969, pg. 41 The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography, 1962–1972, Schick and Van Haaften, pg. 102 Space: A History of Space Exploration in Photographs, Chaikin, pg. 105 Moon: Man’s Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed., pg. 259 Apollo: Through the Eyes of the Astronauts, Jacobs, pg. 76