Details
442 a
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Official portrait of the Apollo 13 crew

April 10, 1970

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 S-70-34767” in green in top margin

442 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Prime crew astronauts James Lovell and Fred Haise during lunar surface training

Apollo 13, January - February 1970

Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC captions on the versos

442 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

James Lovell and Fred Haise during lunar surface training

Apollo 13, January - February 1970

Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA KSC captions on the versos

442 d
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

The Hycon high resolution camera to be used in the Command Module

Apollo 13, March 1970

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption on the verso

442 e
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

Prime crew Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly training for the mission

Apollo 13, March 1970

Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption on the verso
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
Literature
442 e
Chaikin, Voices, p.137515
Special notice
This lot will be removed to Christie’s Park Royal. Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite. Our removal and storage of the lot is subject to the terms and conditions of storage which can be found at Christies.com/storage and our fees for storage are set out in the table below - these will apply whether the lot remains with Christie’s or is removed elsewhere. Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Christie’s Park Royal. All collections from Christie’s Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only. Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com. If the lot remains at Christie’s it will be available for collection on any working day 9.00 am to 5.00 pm. Lots are not available for collection at weekends.
Please note this lot is the property of a consumer. See H1 of the Conditions of Sale.
Brought to you by

Lot Essay

442 a
Left to right, are James A. Lovell Jr., Commander (CDR); John L. Swigert Jr., Command Module Pilot (CMP); and Fred W. Haise Jr., Lunar Module Pilot (LMP).
They were photographed for an official portrait the day before liftoff as they made a pause during the busy pre-launch activity.

Astronaut Ken Mattingly, until a few days before the mission, was the prime Command Module Pilot for the mission and due to exposure to measles, was replaced by Jack Swigert.

442 b
[NASA caption] The Apollo 13 mission is targeted to land in the Fra Mauro region, south east of the Ocean of Storms, to perform selenography inspection, survey, and sampling of the lunar surface, to deploy and activate the ALSEP package, obtain photographs of candidate landing sites and to develop man’s capability to work in the lunar environment.

The astronauts practice lunar surface activities near the LM.

The Apollo Tool Carrier with a 16mm movie camera and a lunar map is visible near an astronaut wearing his chest-mounted Hasselblad camera (second photograph).

A Hasselblad lunar surface camera and a 16mm movie camera are visible on the LM footpad (first photograph).

442 c
James Lovell and Fred Haise are pictured in a walkthrough of the extravehicular timeline in the
vicinity of the Flight Crew Training Building at the Kennedy Space Center. Unfortunately they never had the opportunity to walk on the Moon.

442 d
The Hycon camera was a high resolution reconnaissance camera intended to be used by Swigert to photograph the lunar surface in higher definition than was possible with the Hasselblad cameras used by the crew. It was designed to be attached to mountings around the Command Module hatch’s circular window, number 3. The most significant advantage of the camera was that it had image motion compensation.

The crew never used the camera due to an explosion en route to the Moon.

From the mission transcript during the translunar coast before the Apollo 13 explosion:

003:57:04 Haise: By the way, the windows came through in real good shape. Window 5 looks real clean, so I’m kind of hopeful that Hycon stuff will be pretty good.

442 e
Seen here during a Countdown Demonstration Test, Apollo 13 prime Command Module Pilot Ken Mattingly was replaced days before the mission by backup crewmember Jack Swigert due to Mattingly’s exposure to measles.

“It was inconceivable to me that they would leave me behind. [...] Turned the radio on and heard this goddam news announcement that says, “NASA announces this afternoon that they’ve had a crew reassignment”. That’s when it became real,” said Ken Mattingly (Chaikin, Voices, p. 137).

Related Articles

Sorry, we are unable to display this content. Please check your connection.

More from
Voyage to Another World: The Victor Martin-Malburet Photograph Collection
Place your bid Condition report

A Christie's specialist may contact you to discuss this lot or to notify you if the condition changes prior to the sale.

I confirm that I have read this Important Notice regarding Condition Reports and agree to its terms. View Condition Report