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These Rare Vintage NASA Photos Show the Golden Age of Space Travel

Gemini 12 astronaut Buzz Aldrin snaps a picture of himself during a spacewalk in November 1966. Credit: NASA
Buzz Aldrin claims to have taken the first 'space selfie' during a spacewalk in Nov. 1966. However, a few months earlier in July 1966 during the Gemini 10 mission Astronaut Michael Collins also snapped a selfie, however he was inside of the space capsule. NASA
Astronaut Harrison Schmitt carries the US flag during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972.Bloomsbury Auctions
Apollo 16 liftoff at the Kennedy Space Center in Fla. in April 1972.Bloomsbury Auctions
Astronaut Ed White during the first American spacewalk on Gemini 4 in 1965.Bloomsbury Auctions
Astronaut Alan Shepard and the American flag during Apollo 14 in 1971.Bloomsbury Auctions
The earth seen from space in July 11, 1969.Bloomsbury Auctions
The Floridian peninsula seen from Apollo 7 in 1968.Bloomsbury Auctions
Astronaut Pete Conrad can be seen in astronaut Alan Bean's reflective visor’ while on the Apollo 12 mission in 1969.Bloomsbury Auctions
Astronaut Walter Cunningham on Apollo 7 in 1968.Bloomsbury Auctions
A long exposure of the Gemini 10 launch in 1966.Bloomsbury Auctions
The launch of Explorer 1, which was America's first artificial satellite in Jan. 1958 Bloomsbury Auctions
The first color photograph of the Crescent Earth taken aboard Apollo 4 in Nov. 1967.Bloomsbury Auctions
The giant Saturn V rocket on the launch pad in Nov. 1967.Bloomsbury Auctions
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Apollo 8 liftoff in Dec. 1968.Bloomsbury Auctions
Astronaut John Glenn climbs into the Friendship 7 capsule in Jan. 1962.Bloomsbury Auctions
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Astronaut Ed White in the pilot’s seat of Gemini 4 in June 1965.Bloomsbury Auctions
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Rendezvous with the Agena over Earth seen form Gemini 12 in Nov. 1966.Bloomsbury Auctions
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Partial solar eclipse seen from Gemini 12 in Nov. 1966.Bloomsbury Auctions
The view from Apollo 7 during the Saturn Rocket's third stage separation and transposition maneuvers in Oct. 1968.Bloomsbury Auctions
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Astronaut David Scott looks at the Earth during the Apollo 9, Mission in March 1969.Bloomsbury Auctions

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