NASA (Project Apollo)
President Kennedy with NASA's chief James Webb visiting Cape Canaveral for the last time before his assassination, 16 November 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, printed 1963, 20,3 x 25,4 cm
An important photograph featuring the major political visionary who made the U.S. Moon landing possible.
This was the last visit of the President to the Florida Space Center.
From 1963 to 1973, Cape Canaveral became Cape Kennedy when President Lyndon Johnson by executive order renamed the area, announced in a televised address six days after the assassination, on Thanksgiving evening.
One year earlier, President Kennedy had detailed his goals for the nation’s space effort in the famous “Moon speech” at Rice university.
“We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.”
President Kennedy, Rice University, September 12, 1962
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
27.09.2023 - 14:17
- Realized price: **
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EUR 468.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 600.- to EUR 800.-
- Starting bid:
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EUR 100.-
NASA (Project Apollo)
President Kennedy with NASA's chief James Webb visiting Cape Canaveral for the last time before his assassination, 16 November 1963
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, printed 1963, 20,3 x 25,4 cm
An important photograph featuring the major political visionary who made the U.S. Moon landing possible.
This was the last visit of the President to the Florida Space Center.
From 1963 to 1973, Cape Canaveral became Cape Kennedy when President Lyndon Johnson by executive order renamed the area, announced in a televised address six days after the assassination, on Thanksgiving evening.
One year earlier, President Kennedy had detailed his goals for the nation’s space effort in the famous “Moon speech” at Rice university.
“We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.”
President Kennedy, Rice University, September 12, 1962
Specialist: Mag. Eva Königseder
Mag. Eva Königseder
+43-1-515 60-421
eva.koenigseder@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | The Beauty of Space - Iconic Photographs of Early NASA Missions |
| Auction type: | Online auction |
| Date: | 27.09.2023 - 14:17 |
| Location: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
| Exhibition: | Online |
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