Gallery: Old-School NASA Photos Transport You to Space Exploration's Glory Days
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Ed White walking in space over New Mexico (EVA), Gemini 4, June 1965, Large format vintage chromogenic print, on ‘A Kodak Paper’, 27.8 x 35.6 cm, NASA negative number S65-30433
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Segment of Saturn’s rings, Voyager 2, 1981, Vintage chromogenic print, c.20 x 25 cm, NASA\_JPL \[P-23953\]
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Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina, Gemini 9, 5 June 1966, Large format vintage chromogenic print, on ‘A Kodak Paper’, 28.2 x 35.7 cm, NASA negative number S66-38317
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John Young collects lunar samples, Apollo 16, April 1972, Vintage gelatin silver print, c.20 x 25 cm, NASA AS16-106-17340
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Mars, Yuty crater with fluidised ejecta, Viking Orbiter, June 1978, Vintage gelatin silver print, c.20 x 25 cm, NASA\_JPL 3A07
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Orbital Sunrise, Mercury-Atlas 6, 20 Feb. 1962, Vintage gelatin silver print, c.20 x 25 cm, NASA S65-3428
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Central Florida, Cape Kennedy at centre left, Gemini 11, 14 September 1966, Vintage chromogenic print, c.20 x 25 cm, NASA S65-54565
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Lunar surface and horizon, Lunar Orbiter II, November 1966, Vintage gelatin silver print, c. 20 x 25 cm, NASA S66-68711
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Ed White Walking in space (EVA), Gemini 4, June 1965, Large-format vintage chromogenic print, on ‘A Kodak Paper’, 27.8 x 35.6 cm, NASA negative number S65-29766
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Mars, Olympus Mons, Mariner 9, 1972, Vintage gelatin silver print, c.20 x 25 cm, NASA\_JPL 70-H-529
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United States, Mexico, Central America, Apollo 16, April 1972, Vintage chromogenic print, c.20 x 25 cm, NASA AS16-118-18880
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Edward Gibson leaving the hatchway, Skylab 4, February 1974, c.20 x 25 cm, NASA S74-17456
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Martian hemisphere, Viking 1 Orbiter, June 1976, Vintage chromogenic print, c.20 x 25 cm, NASA S-76-27349
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Lunar boulders, St. George Crater beyond, Apollo 15, July 1971, Vintage gelatin silver print, c.20 x 25cm, NASA AS15-82-11147,
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The Earth, a still from the live telecast, Apollo 8, December 1968, Vintage gelatin silver print, c.20 x 25cm
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