Our Best Pictures of the Apollo Missions & Space at Large And space is large. It’s a place of unknown proportions, and the lines of scientific inquiry and exploration are far-reaching. Since the first lunar landing 50 years ago, we have mapped the surfaces of the Moon, Mars and Venus with greater detail and ease than most of the places on the floor of Earth’s oceans. We have entered an era that endeavors to turn the cosmos into a commodity with space tourism startups. Human colonization of space no longer seems like an unworkable Sci-Fi theory but actually an active area of research and complicated possibility. We have witnessed the first image of a supermassive black hole, assembled by cooperating telescopes stationed around the world. There is a growing layer of space trash orbiting around Earth, and the first protest in space was mounted in 2017 by the Autonomous Space Agency Network. We offer no conclusions to this chaos. However, we have offered some pretty spectacular photographs from the astronauts in NASA’s Apollo missions, as well as images from their earlier and later pursuits, and some non-astronauts too. Group of 22 large-format cibachrome photographs from various NASA missions, 1965-84. Sold for $43,750. Group of 22 large-format cibachrome photographs from various NASA missions, 1965-84. Archive of approximately 1,540 NASA photographs, in nine binders, relating to the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions, ferrotyped silver prints, 1961-72. Sold for $52,500. Archive of 350 NASA photographs, 1960-2002. Sold for $11,250. Whole Earth, chromogenic print, 1968. Sold for $1,170. Astronaut Mae Jemison. Archive of 350 NASA photographs, 1960-2002. Archive of 350 NASA photographs, 1960-2002. “Neil Armstrong is reflected in Edwin Aldrin’s helmet visor as Aldrin is photographed.” Archive of six period binders depicting Apollo Missions 10 through 17, 1969-72. Sold for $5,460. Small album with 35 snapshots of a television screen as Apollo 11 made its historic landing, 1969. Sold for $8,750. Two lunar orbiter albums, approximately 90 silver prints of the Moon’s surface, 1966-67. Sold for $4,420. Two lunar orbiter albums, approximately 90 silver prints of the Moon’s surface, 1966-67. A contemporary sequence of ten photographic assemblages, each work depicting a section of the Moon, 1970s, assembled 2016. Sold for $6,250. Total eclipse of the Moon, albumen prints, 1888. Sold for $2,750. Times Square ticker tape parade in honor of Apollo 11. From an archive of approximately 1,540 NASA photographs relating to the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions, 1961-72. Not enough space for you? Here’s a fun piece of Swann trivia: in a 2008 Space Exploration auction, aptly numbered sale 2001, we sold a toothbrush from the Apollo 11 mission for $18,400. Consign with Swann Auction Schedule Download Our Live Bidding App Share Facebook Twitter July 17, 2019Author: Swann CommunicationsCategory: Photographs & Photobooks Tags: Apollo 11 Apollo Missions Buzz Aldrin earthrise lunar landing photos Mae Jemison Moonrise NASA NASA pictures Neil Armstrong space pictures Previous 2019 Spring Season in Review Next Telling Queer Stories: The Challenges of Unearthing a History Recommended Posts Alma Thomas’s Journey to Abstraction African American Art September 27, 2017 Records & Results: The Knowing Eye: Photographs & Photobooks Photographs & Photobooks April 23, 2018 2017: Year in Review Swann December 28, 2017