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NASA. LARGE FORMAT. RARE. LUNAR ORBITER 1 mission. "HIGH RESOLUTION FRAME 136, FAR SIDE". Dark side of the Moon. Circa 1966. The objective of the "LUNAR ORBITER" Mission was to carry out a detailed mapping of the lunar surface and to locate the preferred landing sites for the future APOLLO missions. The space probes "LUNAR ORBITER" carried out thanks to a very sophisticated photographic material of the photographs which were developed in lunar orbit then, scanned and sent in the form of analogical signals on Earth. These signals were then decoded to give rise to superb lunar photographic landscapes. All of them have the particularity to be taken at the zenith of their observation surface. Legend in the margin on the front. 50,7 x 41 cm with margins.
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