Vermot de Pas: NASA Photographs - History of Space Conquest, 172873, Paris

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Auction Report
Auction Date
December 08, 2025 - December 08, 2025
Page Size: 300 items in 12 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
101 NASA.

Very nice view of Nasa's experimental "HiMat" aircraft.

Circa 1980 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
102 NASA.

VOYAGER 2 mission. This montage of images of the planets visited by Voyager 2 was created from a collection of images taken by the Voyager 2 probe.

Circa 1980 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
103 NASA.

A false-color photograph produced by the VOYAGER 1 space probe: the mists captured from a distance of 22,000 km from Saturn's moon Titan.

November 1980 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 EUR 588.80
104 NASA.

VIKING mission. View of the planet MARS.

1980 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
105 NASA.

VIKING mission. View of the planet MARS.

1980 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
106 NASA.

VIKING mission. View of the planet MARS.

1980 EUR 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
107 NASA.

Historic liftoff of the Space Shuttle Columbia (Mission STS-01)

April 12, 1981 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 EUR 166.40
108 NASA.

Historic view of the return of the space shuttle COLUMBIA to the Kennedy Space Center following its historic first flight into space.

April 1981 EUR 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
109 NASA.

Historic photograph. The space shuttle COLUMBIA has just come to rest on the ground at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

April 1981 EUR 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
110 NASA.

Space shuttle COLUMBIA (Mission STS-01).Space Shuttle COLUMBIA has just landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California.

April 1981 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
111 NASA.

VOYAGER mission (JET PROPULSION LABORATORY). Superb and rare false-color photograph of the rings of the planet Saturn.

1980 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
112 NASA.

Mission VOYAGER. Observation of the surface of the planet Saturn ...

1981 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
113 NASA.

NASA's Voyager 2 took this "false color" photograph of Saturn on July 21, 1981

July 21, 1981 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
114 NASA.

November 11, 1982: lift-off of the 1st operational flight of the Space Transportation System (STS) program, here the Space Shuttle Columbia (Mission STS-5).

November 11, 1981 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
115 NASA.

Close-up view of the historic

November 11, 1982 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
116 NASA.

Magnificent liftoff of the Space Shuttle Columbia

March 22, 1982 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
117 NASA.

Beautiful night landing of the Space Shuttle Challenger (Mission STS-8) at Edwards Air Force Base, California,

September 5, 1983 EUR 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
118 NASA.

One of the first views of the open payload bay of an orbiting space shuttle from a television camera inside the shuttle.

February 1984 EUR 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
119 NASA.

Astronaut Bruce McCandless attached by one foot to the robotic arm of the Space Shuttle Challenger (Mission STS 41B)

February 11, 1984 EUR 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
120 NASA.

Historic mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger (STS 41B). 1st flight by a free man in untethered space.

February 1984 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
121 NASA.

Historic mission of the Space Shuttle Challenger (STS 41B). 1st flight by a free man in untethered space.

February 1984 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
122 NASA.

Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA). Bruce McCandless trains with the Trunnion Attachment Device (TPAD)

February 13, 1984 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
123 NASA.

Extra-vehicular activity. Astronaut Dale Gardner uses the MMU to travel to the Westar VI satellite.

November 1984 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
124 NASA.

Astronaut Dale A. Gardner (left), STS-51A mission specialist, holds a "For Sale" sign, referring to the condition of the recaptured communications spacecraft

1984 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
125 NASA.

Impressive photograph of astronaut Dale A. Gardner, equipped with the manned maneuvering unit (MMU)

1984 EUR 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
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