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a11_v_c_o_AKP (S-69-39528)

“APOLLO 11 LIFTOFF----------The huge, 363-foot tall Apollo 11 (Spacecraft 107/Lunar Module 5/Saturn 506) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, at 9:32 a.m. (EDT), July 16, 1969. Aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft were Astronauts Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Apollo 11 is the United States’ first lunar landing mission.”

 

Wow:

 

www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2019/space-photography-on...

Credit: Sotheby's website

 

Also wow:

 

www.auctionzip.com/auction-lot/apollo-11-launch-nasa-numb...

Credit: AuctionZip website

 

$2,300 (plus 25% Buyer's Premium):

 

historical.ha.com/itm/explorers/space-exploration/apollo-...

Credit: Heritage Auctions website

 

Speaking of high costs, along with insightful, albeit depressing discussion of current ‘back to the moon’ reality:

 

spacenews.com/cost-and-schedule-overruns-continue-to-grow...

Credit: SPACENEWS website

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