5 Dec 2012
13:00 EST
New York
Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection
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Illuminating Space: Images from a Private Virginian Collection
Back to auction 20830
SURVEYOR III.
Surveyor III's Soil Mechanics Surface Sampler, April 23, 1967, gelatin silver print of a hand mosaic, 22½ x 11¼ inches (575 x 285 mm) overall, matted and framed.
Surveyor III photographs its Soil Mechanics Surface Sampler in trench 2. The device manipulated lunar material in view of the television system, and accumulated 18 hours of operation, yielding significant new information on the strength, texture, and structure of the lunar material to a depth of seven inches.
Surveyor III photographs its Soil Mechanics Surface Sampler in trench 2. The device manipulated lunar material in view of the television system, and accumulated 18 hours of operation, yielding significant new information on the strength, texture, and structure of the lunar material to a depth of seven inches.
Estimate:
US$ 2,000 - 3,000
£1,300 - 1,900
€1,500 - 2,200
£1,300 - 1,900
€1,500 - 2,200
Category: Space / Space History
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