15th Jul, 2025 11:00
Photographs, Optical Toys & Science
CCCP & NASA Image of Surface of Venus
black and white photograph of the first image ever sent back from the surface of Venus taken by the Soviet Venera 9 lander, the picture also has a line drawing of the craft showing how the panorama was taken, interestingly there is a label printed in the negative for ‘NASA 80-HC-275’ in reverse along the bottom corner. Its interesting as NASA was in no way involved with this project, photogrph size
On 22 October 1975, the Soviet Venera 9 lander touched down on Venus and achieved a historic milestone: transmitting the first-ever image from the surface of another planet. The photographs—black-and-white, 180° panoramas—revealed a rugged, sunlit plain strewn with flat, angular rocks under a thick, diffused atmosphere. Venera 9’s descent module braved pressures around 90 atm and scorching temperatures nearing 485 °C, relaying data for 53 minutes before systems failed
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black and white photograph of the first image ever sent back from the surface of Venus taken by the Soviet Venera 9 lander, the picture also has a line drawing of the craft showing how the panorama was taken, interestingly there is a label printed in the negative for ‘NASA 80-HC-275’ in reverse along the bottom corner. Its interesting as NASA was in no way involved with this project, photogrph size
On 22 October 1975, the Soviet Venera 9 lander touched down on Venus and achieved a historic milestone: transmitting the first-ever image from the surface of another planet. The photographs—black-and-white, 180° panoramas—revealed a rugged, sunlit plain strewn with flat, angular rocks under a thick, diffused atmosphere. Venera 9’s descent module braved pressures around 90 atm and scorching temperatures nearing 485 °C, relaying data for 53 minutes before systems failed
Auction: Photographs, Optical Toys & Science, 15th Jul, 2025
