--- title: See Rare Vintage NASA Photos That Are Up For Auction description: A selection of prints from a previously unseen private collection of vintage NASA photos are going up for auction at Bloomsbury Auctions in London canonical: https://time.com/3713784/nasa-photos-apollo-vintage/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-20T16:48:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:05:33.976Z article:section: Science og:title: These Vintage NASA Photos Show the Golden Age of Space Travel og:description: A selection of prints from a previously unseen private collection og:url: https://time.com/3713784/nasa-photos-apollo-vintage/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ff2aec6104674b9/69877fd0f887dcd135e8a2b6/4-james-mcdivitt-first-us-spacewalk-ed-white_s-eva-over-new-mexico-gemini-4-3-june-1965.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 4 - James McDivitt - First US Spacewalk - Ed White’s EVA over New Mexico, Gemini 4, 3 June 1965 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Vintage NASA Photos Show the Golden Age of Space Travel twitter:description: A selection of prints from a previously unseen private collection twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4ff2aec6104674b9/69877fd0f887dcd135e8a2b6/4-james-mcdivitt-first-us-spacewalk-ed-white_s-eva-over-new-mexico-gemini-4-3-june-1965.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Rare Vintage NASA Photos Show the Golden Age of Space Travel by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Feb 20, 2015 4:48 PM UTC  Astronaut Ed White during the first American spacewalk on Gemini 4 in 1965. Astronaut Ed White during the first American spacewalk on Gemini 4 in 1965.Bloomsbury Auctions by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Feb 20, 2015 4:48 PM UTC  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  Apollo 8 liftoff in Dec. 1968. Bloomsbury Auctions  Astronaut John Glenn climbs into the Friendship 7 capsule in Jan. 1962. Bloomsbury Auctions  Astronaut Ed White in the pilot’s seat of Gemini 4 in June 1965. Bloomsbury Auctions  Rendezvous with the Agena over Earth seen form Gemini 12 in Nov. 1966. Bloomsbury Auctions  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  Astronaut David Scott looks at the Earth during the Apollo 9, Mission in March 1969. 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