(INTERPLANETARY SPACE) Group of 47 abstract and arty photogr

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(INTERPLANETARY SPACE)
Group of 47 abstract and arty photographs that depict mapping and long distance photographs of multiple planetary bodies, with composite and single images of Earth, the Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus; 22 were shot by Mariner IV (of Mars) in 1965, 21 from Mariner 10, and 4 from Pioneer 11 (of Saturn and Jupiter). Ferrotyped silver (43) and RC (4) prints, each measuring 7 1/2x9 1/4 inches (19.1x23.5 cm.), and the reverse, most with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's mimeographed label or other labels on verso. 1965; 1973-75

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Mariner 4 performed the first successful flyby of the planet Mars, returning the first pictures of the Martian surface. The successful mission of Mariner 10 was associated with two firsts: it was the first spacecraft to use the gravitational pull of one planet (Venus) to reach another (Mercury), and the first spacecraft mission to visit two planets. It also shot images of the lunar surface on its way to Venus and Mercury. Pioneer 11 was the first mission to explore Saturn and the second spacecraft in humanity's early reconnaissance of the outer solar system. The spacecraft studied aspects of Jupiter and Saturn.