[APOLLO 12] PETE CONRAD EXITING THE LM INTREPID TO WALK ON ANOTHER WORLD: an exceptional view fr...

[APOLLO 12] PETE CONRAD EXITING THE LM INTREPID TO WALK ON ANOTHER WORLD: an exceptional view from inside the spacecraft Alan Bean, 14-24 November 1969, EVA 1 Printed 1969. Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image AS12-46-6715]. With 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the reverse, numbered 'NASA AS12-46-6715' in red in the top margin (issued by NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre, Houston, Texas). 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.) Historical context Alan Bean captured this rare photograph of Pete Conrad descending from Intrepid by holding the Hasselblad camera upside-down at knee height, guessing at the framing. This is the only instance in the Apollo program where an astronaut inside the LM photographed another exiting onto the lunar surface. Conrad's visor reflects Intrepid's porch and the Moon below. His communication antenna, linking him to both Bean and Mission Control on Earth, is clearly visible. 'I couldn't get down there, so I just turned the camera upside down and flashed a few. And they all turned out pretty good.' —Alan Bean (ALSJ mission transcript, 115:20:07 GET) Footnotes: From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken: 115:21:24 Conrad: Whew! I'm headed down the ladder. 115:21:26 Bean: Okay; wait. Let me get the old (70 mm Hasselblad) camera on you, babe. 115:21:29 Conrad: Okay. (Long Pause) 115:21:52 Conrad: Man, is that a pretty looking sight, that LM. 115:21:58 Gibson (Mission Control): You're coming into the picture now, Pete. 115:22:03 Conrad: Okay. 115:22:06 Bean: Okay; got the old (16 mm sequence) camera running. 115:22:09 Conrad: Okay. (Pause) Down to the pad. 115:22:15 Bean: Okay. 115:22:16 Conrad (first words on the Moon): Whoopie! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me. Literature The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography 1962-1972, Schick and Van Haaften, p. 101 (variant) Images from Space, The Camera in Orbit, Arnold, pl. 18 (variant) Watch more CLICK HERE: APOLLO 12 - Pete Conrad steps on the Moon - Photos, Film, TV (1969/11/19) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing