Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, 010:00:00 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA AS11-36-5337” in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, La Lune: Du Voyage Réel aux Voyages Imaginaires, April-July 2019; exhibition catalogue, p. 21, no. 7, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

Apollo 11 was already about 91,000 km or 49,000 nautical miles (and not 10,000 nautical miles as indicated in error in the NASA original caption) from Earth when this picture was made with the 250mm telephoto lens.

It shows the disc of planet Earth as only 24 astronauts of the Apollo Project between December 1968 and December 1972 could see it in human history.

010:03:29 Aldrin: Hi, Houston, Apollo 11. How many miles out do you have us now?
010:03:34 Duke (Mission Control): We have you - Stand by, Buzz. Roughly about 50,000 [nautical miles, 93,000 km]. Stand by.
010:03:41 Aldrin: It’s a beautiful sight. [...]
010:05:45 Aldrin: Hey, Charlie, I can see the snow on the - on the mountains out in California, and it looks like LA doesn’t have much of a smog problem today.
010:05:57 Duke: Roger, Buzz. Copy. Looks like there’s a good view out there then. [...]
010:06:56 Duke: How’s Baja California look, Buzz?
010:07:07 Aldrin: Well, it’s got some clouds up and down it, and there’s a pretty good circulation system a couple of hundred miles off the west coast of California.