1 / 5
black and white photograph of a large machine in a buildingblack and white photograph of people standing in front of a space shuttlean old black and white photo of a rocket and its componentsan image of a diagram of an airplane with its parts labeleda black and white photo of a diagram of the planets orbit
Aibo Art Auction

45 - RANGER 1 (launched on 23 August 1961): set of 5 photographs.…
See original version (French)

Estimate €150 - €200
Sale commission
Description
RANGER 1 (launched on 23 August 1961): set of 5 photographs. - 2 photographs of the probe (period silver gelatine prints, 20.5 cm × 25.5 cm, numbered P 1629A and 313-64) -3 drawings dating from July 1961: 1 showing the anatomy of the Ranger 1 probe and its Atlas-Agena rocket (unlabelled on the reverse), 1 detailed drawing of the probe (labelled on the reverse, no. P 1632), and a drawing of the probe’s trajectory along its elliptical orbit, labelled and numbered P 1631. The Ranger programme was designed to take precise photographs of the Moon and gather information on the composition of the lunar surface. Nine Ranger probes were launched on Atlas-Agena B rockets between 23 August 1961 and 24 March 1965. They were produced by JPL, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (California). Following a number of failures with Ranger 1 to Ranger 6, the programme proved successful from Ranger 7 onwards. All the photographs are original black-and-white silver gelatin prints, measuring 20.5 x 25.5 cm, sourced either from JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) or from NASA.
See original version (French)
Auto-translation. Refer to original language for legal validity.
About the sale SPACE EXPLORATION AND AERONAUTICS: NASA photos, models, documents, etc.
Auction location
Auction time 07/09/2026 at 6:00 PM
Pictures credits: Contact the Auction House
You may also like