Scarce collection of 25 early original ‘working media’ glossy NASA photos and a group of nine first generation 70mm Hasselblad film transparencies and negative strips, all of which were used by Aviation Week magazine in 1968 to document the historic Apollo 8 mission. The NASA photos, each approximately 8 x 10 or 10 x 8, contain images of the Apollo 8 crew (pre-, mid-, and post-flight), the Saturn launch, tracking stations, equipment, egress training, the Anders family, mission control (with Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Harrison Schmitt, and Deke Slayton), and outer space views of the Earth and the moon. A total of 17 photos feature either NASA caption text or “A Kodak Paper” watermarks to the reverse, seven include loose caption sheets, and several bear editorial notes in ink and grease pencil to either side. The negatives and transparencies, which range in size from 2.75 x 2.5 to 10 x 2.75, contain a total of 14 images of the lunar terrain, the Apollo 8 crew, the Saturn rocket and launch, and the Earth’s surface, some of which also bear editorial notations. In overall fine condition. Founded in 1916, Aviation Week magazine was later changed to Aviation Week & Space Technology, which is now in print and online as one of the world’s flagship publications of weekly aviation and space news. A rare collection of ‘working media’ photos and original film clips, some containing seldom-seen images from the first mission to orbit the moon.
