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black and white photograph of an airplane flying over the oceanblack and white photo of an airplane flying in the skyblack and white photograph of a rocket flying over the eartha black and white photo of a space station with a satellite in the backgroundblack and white photograph of a space station in the middle of the eartha close up of a piece of paper with writing on it
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4 - Martin file containing Martin illustrations and an ‘official…
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Estimate €150 - €200
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Description
Martin file containing Martin illustrations and an ‘official Navy photo’, comprising seven 20 x 25 black-and-white photographs, including five artist’s impressions, and a page of captions entitled ‘Key to Illustrations’. Vanguard was a small American launch vehicle developed by the NRL (Naval Research Laboratory), the aim of which was to place the first artificial satellite into orbit. However, following nine failures out of twelve launches between 1956 and 1959, the Juno 1 launch vehicle was tasked with launching the first satellite into orbit, Explorer 1, on 1 February 1958, without the Vanguard programme being called into question. On 17 March 1958, Vanguard finally achieved success with Vanguard 1, which became the second American satellite in orbit. All the photographs come from the archives of the public relations department of the Martin Company in Baltimore (which later became Martin-Marietta and then Lockheed-Martin). All the documents are original Martin documents and are in black and white.
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About the sale SPACE EXPLORATION AND AERONAUTICS: NASA photos, models, documents, etc.
Auction location
Auction time 07/09/2026 at 6:00 PM
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