NASA [APOLLO 14]

Name: THE SPACECRAFT KITTY HAWK LANDING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, FEBRUARY 9, 1971
Brand: NASA [APOLLO 14]
Price: 300.00 GBP
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Price Realised GBP 378

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THE SPACECRAFT KITTY HAWK LANDING IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN, FEBRUARY 9, 1971

NASA [APOLLO 14]

Price Realised GBP 378

NASA / Unidentified Photographer

The spacecraft Kitty Hawk landing in the Pacific Ocean

Apollo 14, February 9, 1971

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with red NASA MSC caption numbered “S-71-18753” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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Lot Essay

The Apollo 14 Command Module descended into the south Pacific on February 9, 1971. The splashdown occurred at 3:04:39 p.m. (CST), Feb. 9, 1971, approximately 765 nautical miles south of American Samoa in the South Pacific after a successful ten-day lunar landing mission. The three crew men were flown by helicopter to the USS New Orleans prime recovery ship.