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black and white photograph of a tower made of electronicsblack and white photograph of two men in lab coats working on a space rocketan old photo of a diagram of a space craftan old black and white photo of a space station on the surface of the moonan old photo of a diagram of the location of a space stationan image of a diagram of the phases of a camera
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50 - RANGER 6 (launched on 30 January 1964): set of 6 photographs…
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Estimate €150 - €200
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RANGER 6 (launched on 30 January 1964): set of 6 photographs - 1 close-up photograph of the RCA television system carried on board Ranger 6 (photograph captioned No. 151-452B). -1 photograph of Ranger 6 ready to undergo vibration tests (photograph captioned No. 314-5987AC). -1 photograph showing the internal structure of Ranger 6. Uncaptioned photograph. -1 drawing of Ranger 6 flying over the Moon at low altitude (photo captioned No. P-2914). -1 drawing of Ranger 6 showing the coverage area of the probe’s three tracking and communications stations: Johannesburg (South Africa), Woomera (Australia), Goldstone (California). Captioned photograph no. P-2909. -1 drawing of Ranger 6 showing the probe’s trajectory limitations for the photographs to be taken (areas to be avoided). Uncaptioned photograph. The Ranger programme was designed to take detailed photographs of the Moon and gather information on the composition of the lunar surface. Nine Ranger probes were launched on an Atlas-Agena B rocket 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.
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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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