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The second Moon landing: the launch of Apollo 12; astronaut Pete Conrad unfurls the American flag, November 14-24, 1969

NASA; Alan Bean [Apollo 12]

Name: The second Moon landing: the launch of Apollo 12; astronaut Pete Conrad unfurls the American flag, November 14-24, 1969
Brand: NASA; Alan Bean [Apollo 12]
Price: 400.00 GBP
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The second Moon landing: the launch of Apollo 12; astronaut Pete Conrad unfurls the American flag, November 14-24, 1969

NASA; Alan Bean [Apollo 12]

Price Realised GBP 500

i. One of the Apollo 12 astronauts unfurls the American flag on the Ocean of Storms, November 19, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'AS12-47-6897' in red on top margin on recto, with NASA caption and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

ii. Saturn V (Apollo 12) lifting off from launch complex 39, pad A, Cape Canaveral, Florida, November 14, 1969
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA caption and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

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Lot Essay

“The crew erected the American flag after landing and collecting the contingency sample. The long shadow of the LM and the bleak lunar surface serve as a fitting backdrop” (NASA SP-235).

“You can see that I was holding the flag up,” pointed out Conrad. “Because, if you look at the rest of the pictures [of the mission], it hangs straight down, because the little pin up broke” (from the ALSJ mission transcript at 116:20:22 GET).

116:19:48 Conrad: Okay. We have the flag up. Like I said, hope everybody down there is as proud of it as we are to put it up. (Pause)
116:20:02 Gibson (mission Control): That’s affirmative, Pete. And we’re proud of what you’re doing. (Pause)
116:20:18 Conrad: Al?
116:20:19 Bean: Yes, sir.
116:20:20 Conrad: Can we have a quickie (tourist photo) here?
116:20:22 Bean: Okay. (Pause)
116:20:32 Conrad: (To Al) Back up a little more ...
116:20:33 Bean: Okay.
116:20:34 Conrad: ...to about 15 feet.
116:20:35 Bean: All right. (Pause)
116:20:40 Conrad: Easy. You’re getting into the TV cable!
116:20:43 Bean: Nope, I just went right over it, babe. Here you are. Take a look, Pete.
116:20:48 Conrad: I can’t see you (because Bean is standing up-Sun). (Pause) Get it?
116:20:57 Bean: Sure did.
116:20:58 Conrad: Okay. (Pause) Another one?
116:21:04 Bean: Yeah.
116:21:05 Conrad: Wait one. (Pause) Okay.
116:21:17 Bean: Got you.