NASA

NASA

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

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, Tibetan Lake country North of Katmandu and West of Lhasa - 3

    Mercury-Atlas 9, Tibetan Lake country North of Katmandu and West of Lhasa – 3

    View of Tibetan Lake country from Space

    S-63-6431 | May 16, 1963 | Blue Tab Number

    Figure 14.15 – Extremely rare  – Probably the first, human-taken (astronaut L. Gordon Cooper Jr), photograph taken of the tibetan lake country, from Space.

    Photo NASA, original photography

    Vintage Chromogenic print on ‘A Kodak Paper’

    25,4 x 20,32 cm / 10 x 8 inch

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, Pacific Ocean - South East of Japan

    Mercury-Atlas 9, Pacific Ocean – South East of Japan

    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

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, View across Pakistan, Eastern Iran and Afghanistan

    Mercury-Atlas 9, View across Pakistan, Eastern Iran and Afghanistan

    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

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, Himalaya, Tibet, Chine, Inde et Birmanie

    Mercury-Atlas 9, Himalayas, Tibet, China, India and Burma

    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

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, Vallée du Fleuve Indus au Cachemire

    Mercury-Atlas 9, Indus Valley river in Kashmir

    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

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, Tibet occidental et Cachemire

    Mercury-Atlas 9, Western Tibet and Kashmir

    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

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, Lacs du Tibet occidental

    Mercury-Atlas 9, Lakes of Western Tibet

    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

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, Plateau du Tibet (centre-nord)

    Mercury-Atlas 9, Tibetan Plateau

    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

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, ChengDu (成都市) - Chine

    Mercury-Atlas 9, ChengDu (成都市) – China

    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

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, Changsha (长沙市) - Chine

    Mercury-Atlas 9, Changsha (长沙市) – Chine

    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

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, Formosa - Taiwan (臺灣)

    Mercury-Atlas 9, Formosa – Taiwan (臺灣)

    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

  • Mercury-Atlas 9, Iles Salomon

    Mercury-Atlas 9, Solomon Islands

    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