NASA: Pioneer of Space and Aeronautical Exploration
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) is an independent American government agency responsible for space and aeronautical research. Founded on July 29, 1958, it was established to oversee civilian space programs, which were previously managed by the U.S. Army. NASA took over the functions and infrastructure of the NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) and is now the world’s foremost space agency. Vintage photographs capturing the epic moments of the space race hold invaluable documentary, historical, and aesthetic significance.
Read about the missions: NASA.
S-63-6434 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.29 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of the south coast of Arabia, Aden Gulf and Hadhramout mountains in Yemen, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
S-63-6433 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.30 – Extremely rare – Aerial view of the Atlas Mountains in Morocco with clouds over the Atlantic Ocean, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
Nasa – Gemini 4, S-65-34-776 | June 4, 1965
Nile Delta (Rosetta and Damietta branches) in Egypt, Sinaï, Israel, the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Iraq in the background from Space.
You can also see the Suez Canal as well as the Dead Sea.
Photo NASA, Vintage Original photography
Chromogenic Print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
Nasa – Gemini 11, S66-54678 | September 14, 1966
Probably one of the first photos , human-taken, from Space of India (surrounded by the Arabian Sea, the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal), Sri-Lanka and Maldive Islands.
Photo NASA, Vintage Original photography
Chromogenic Print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
Nasa – Gemini 12, S66-63478 | November 13, 1966
Nile Valley in Egypt, Sinai, Red Sea and Saudi Arabia from Space.
Photo NASA, Vintage Original photography
Chromogenic Print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
Apollo 7, Above Gulf of Mexico seen from Space , with a magnificent curve of Earth | AS07-07-1821 – October 1968
Red Tab Number
Original Nasa photograph on ‘A Kodak Paper’
Vintage print
20,32 x 25,4 cm / 8 x 10 inch
Apollo 7, Southern California from Space. | AS07-11-2022 – October 1968
Red Tab Number
Original Nasa photograph on ‘A Kodak Paper’
Vintage print
20,32 x 25,4 cm / 8 x 10 inch