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