The NASA (National Aeronotics and Space Administration) is an independent American government agency in charge of space and aeronautical researches. It was founded the 29th of July 1958 to manage civilian Space programs, then depending on the U.S. Army. The NASA has taken over the functions and infrastructures of the NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics). It is the most important spatial agency in the world. Vintages photos of the epic moment that was the space race have a documentary, historic and esthetic values.
Read about the missions: NASA
Pacific Ocean off Southeast coast of Japan, from Space
S-63-6446 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.16 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of Pacific Ocean , from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, from Space
S-63-6446 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.17 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of a northwest-looking view across Pakistan, eastern Iran and Afghanistan, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan, from Space
S-63-6429 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.18 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of the eastern Himalayas, Tibet, China, India and Burma , from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
First aerial view of the Indus River
S-63-6432 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.19 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of the Indus Valley River in Kashmir, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
First aerial view of western Tibet and Kashmir
S-63-6444 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.20 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of western Tibet and Kashmir near Headwaters of Indus, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
First aerial view of Lakes area of western Tibet.
S-63-6456 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.21 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of Lakes of western Tibet, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
First aerial view of Tibetan Plateau
S-63-6440 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.22 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of the Tibetan Plateau in north-central Tibet, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
First aerial view of ChengDu, Province of Sichuan.
S-63-6439 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.23 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of ChengDu in China, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
First aerial view of Changsha, Province of Hunan.
S-63-6439 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.23 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of Changsha in China, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
First aerial view of Taiwan, Straight of Formosa and the Pacific Ocean in the background.
S-63-6437 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.25 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of Taiwan, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
First aerial view of Solomon Islands.
S-63-6436 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.26 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of Solomon Islands, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
S-63-6434 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number
Figure 14.29 – Extremely rare – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph of the south coast of Arabia, Aden Gulf and Hadhramout mountains in Yemen, from Space.
Photo NASA, original photography
Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’
25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch
