Pictures of space are thrilling. Period. For All Mankind is a new exhibition at London’s Breese Little Gallery, highlighting a treasure trove of vintage NASA photos taken from 1964 to 1983.
It’s pretty wonderful to see these faded, full-colour visuals from a time when the bold explorations were just getting started. We’re so used to seeing hi-res images beamed back from Mars — freaking Mars! — in real time, that it’s neat to see these physical artifacts aged in a way you could imagine seeing in an old family album: everything from iconic shots, like Earthrise and Blue Marble, to the Apollo and Gemini missions and more. Beautiful. [Guardian]
Apollo 11 lift-off seen from the top of the launch gantry, Apollo 11, July 1969
Crescent Earth from 10,000 miles, Apollo 4, November 1967
Eclipse of the Sun by the Earth, Apollo 12, November 1969
Florida keys from orbit, Gemini 4, June 1965
Eugene Cernan and the antenna on the Rover, Apollo 17, December 1972
David Scott and the Lunar Rover, Apollo 15, August 1971
James McDivitt, Ed White walking in space over Hawaii, Gemini 4, June 1965
James McDivitt, Ed White walking in space, Gemini 4, June 1965
Liftoff of the last lunar mission, Apollo 17, December 1972
Jupiter and its satellite Io, Voyager 2, June 1979
Buzz Aldrin’s visor reflects Armstrong, Apollo 11, July 1969
David Scott climbs out of the Command Module, Apollo 9, March 1969
Splashdown of the Apollo 14 command module, Apollo 14, February 1971
Earthrise, the first ever witnessed by human eyes, Apollo 8, December 1968
Saturn, Voyager 1, 1980
Space Shuttle STS-1 at Kennedy Space Center, Shuttle, March 1981