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black and white photograph of a group of men working on a model of a space stationblack and white photograph of a woman in a wheel holding a knifean image of a diagram of a space station and its componentsa drawing of a space station with a satellite on top of ita black and white photo of a diagram of the moona black and white photo of a diagram of a space stationan image of a diagram of a space station with a satellite in the backgroundan image of a diagram of the moon and its phasesan image of a diagram showing the phases of a target
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51 - RANGER 7 (launched on 28 July 1964): set of 9 photographs - …
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Estimate €230 - €300
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RANGER 7 (launched on 28 July 1964): set of 9 photographs - 1 photograph showing 3 technicians working on the probe (uncaptioned photograph). - 1 photograph showing the type of ‘vidicon’ television tubes used to photograph the Moon. There was one tube in each of Ranger 7’s six cameras, which captured 4,316 historic close-ups of the lunar surface (captioned photograph no. 64-H-2820). -7 drawings of the Ranger 7 probe showing the different phases of the mission (only 1 photo, captioned No. P-3328A). 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.
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Auction time 07/09/2026 at 6:00 PM
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