Lot 237
  • 237

[APOLLO 13]. CREW SIGNED NASA VINTAGE COLOR PHOTOGRAPH

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1,500 - 2,500 USD
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Description

Vintage color photograph on Kodak watermarked paper, 8 by 10 inches, the official NASA portrait of the Apollo 13 Crew in their white space suits in front a backdrop featuring the Lagoon Nebula, with the mission insignia, and an octant and astrolabe in the foreground. Verso bears a fragment of adhered framing paper. 

Provenance

Presented as a gift from the Apollo 13 Crew to Turnage Robert "Bob" Lindsey, the Lead Flight Planner for Apollo 13. By descent to current owner

Catalogue Note

SIGNED by JAMES LOVELL, KEN MATTINGLY, and FRED "FREDDO" HAISE. Bearing the somewhat prophetic INSCRIPTION: "To Bob Lindsey — If we don't find our way to Fra Mauro it won't be your fault. Thanks!"