Michael Collins

LM Eagle and Earthrise

Apollo 11, July 16-24, 1969, orbit 27, 127:52:05 GET

Vintage chromogenic print on resin coated Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso [NASA AS11-44-6643]
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Lot Essay

On Apollo 11, Michael Collins became the only person in history to capture a photograph showing every human being in the universe (including the two astronauts in Eagle) except himself.

From the mission transcript after the docking of Columbia and Eagle:

130:48:47 Duke (Mission Control): How does it feel up there to have some company?
130:48:57 Collins: Damn good, I’ll tell you.
130:49:00 Duke: I’ll bet. I bet, you’d almost be talking to yourself up there after 10 revs or so.
130:49:07 Collins: No, no. It’s a happy home up here. It’d be nice to have some company. Be - As a matter of fact, it’d be nice to have a couple of hundred million Americans up here.

“How does it feel up there to have some company?”
Charles Duke (Mission Control)

“I have done things and been places you simply would not believe, and I keep that inside me”
Michael Collins (Chaikin, Voices, p. 169)