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[Apollo 8] The first deep space S-IVB jettison performed by the first manned spacecraft leaving Planet Earth. James Lovell 21–27 December 1968. Printed 1968. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS8–16-2583]. 20.3×25.4 cm (8×10 in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA / Kodak). Literature: LIFE, 10 January 1969, pp. 24–25. The expended third stage of the giant Saturn V rocket, which allowed the Apollo 8 crew to escape Earth’s gravity for the first time in human history, is photographed by James Lovell against the black sky of deep space from the Command Module which revolved to examine the S-IVB following translunar injection and separation of the empty S-IVB. Attached to the SIVB is the Lunar Module Test Article (LTA) which simulated the mass of a Lunar Module (LM) on the Apollo 8 lunar orbit mission. The 29-feet panels of the Spacecraft LM Adapter (SLA) which enclosed the LTA during launch have already been jettisoned and are out of view. From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken: 003:21:46 Borman: Man, where’s the S-IVB? Anybody see it, now? 003:21:49 Lovell: There it is! 003:21:50 Borman: You found it? 003:21:51 Lovell: Right in the middle. Right in the middle of my window. There’s not a panel around. 003:21:55 Borman: What a view! 003:21:58 Collins (Mission Control): Looks pretty good, huh? 003:21:58 Lovell: Give me the camera. 003:21:59 Anders: Well, we’ve got some still pictures we can take... 003:22:01 Lovell: Could you pitch a little more? 003:22:02 Borman: Yes. 003:22:03 Anders: We haven’t got in here, yet. 003:22:08 Anders: f/11, 1/250th. 003:22:10 Lovell: f/11. 003:22:12 Anders: We’ve Sep’d Houston. We got the IVB, right in sight. 003:22:16 Collins: Roger, Apollo 8. [Long pause.] 003:22:19 Anders: Could you pitch just a little more or [garble]. 003:22:21 Borman: Which way? 003:22:22 Anders: Pitch up, pitch up a little more. 003:22:27 Borman: How’s that? 003:22:33 Lovell: I don’t see the [garble]. Maybe I can get it in a minute. 003:22:46 Lovell: Easy on the thrusters. 003:22:48 Anders: Don’t you think that’s enough pictures of it? Condition Please notice: Additional illustrative material shown in connection with the photograph offered is not included in the lot. Small longitudinal traces of fiber paper adherence to glossy surface near bottom margin, small handling crack near left margin, otherwise excellent condition. Preview In Lyngby Auction Space, 15 November 2023 Category Photos ▸ Vintage photographs Selling 15 November at 6:22 pm Estimate 4,000–6,000 DKK
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