The golden age of space exploration: Stunning archive of 15,000 Nasa images of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo missions will go up for auction for $12,000
- The collection shows people exploring space for the first time and features numerous 'firsts'
- The photos relate to the most famous flights in history, including Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions
- Highlights include photos showing astronauts floating in space, Earthrise, and the dark side of the moon
- Created by an employee of a national picture agency, the archive is arranged by theme in nine binders
- Images measure 7½ x 9½ inches (19.1 x 24.1cm), most with captions that date the images and give descriptions
![An incredible collection of 15,000 photos from the US's remarkable space programme is going up for auction. Pictured is a photo of Buzz Aldrin taken by Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/05/13/4AD806B300000578-5581713-Pictured_is_a_photo_of_Buzz_Aldrin_taken_by_Neil_Armstrong_on_th-a-56_1522931339618.jpg)
![Cataloguing 11 years of manned missions from 1961 to 1972, the photos relate to the most famous flights in history, including Mercury, Gemini and Apollo missions. Pictured is a lunar module in orbit around the moon with Earthrise in the background](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/05/13/4AD8066000000578-5581713-Cataloguing_11_years_of_manned_missions_from_1961_to_1972_the_ph-a-57_1522931343745.jpg)
![Pictured is lift-off of the Saturn V rocket with the Apollo 13 capsule. Apollo 13 was to be the third mission to land on the moon, but just under 56 hours into flight, an oxygen tank explosion forced the crew to cancel the lunar landing and move into the Aquarius lunar module to return back to Earth](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/05/13/4AD8066800000578-5581713-Lift_off_of_the_Saturn_V_rocket_with_the_Apollo_13_capsule_Apoll-a-58_1522931348350.jpg)
![Pictured is pilot Pete Conrad working the lunar landing Research Facility Vehicle. The surface below the suspended vehicle is a man-made simulation of the moon's surface. This practice was in anticipation of the Apollo 12 mission to the moon](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/05/13/4AD8066400000578-5581713-Pictured_is_pilot_Pete_Conrad_working_out_in_the_lunar_landing_R-a-59_1522931351930.jpg)
![Pictured is one of the Apollo 12 astronauts placing part of the Apollo lunar Scientific Experiments Package on the lunar surface during the first of two trips out of the lunar module. Apollo was the Nasa program that launched in 1961 and got man on the moon](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/05/13/4AD8067100000578-5581713-Pictured_is_one_of_the_Apollo_12_astronauts_placing_part_of_the_-a-60_1522931355536.jpg)
![Apollo 11 astronauts Buzz Aldrin (left), Neil Armstrong (middle) and Michael Collins (right) wave to crowds during a ticker tape parade in their honour. Almost one million people lined the parade route](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/05/13/4AD8066D00000578-5581713-Apollo_11_astronauts_Buzz_Aldrin_left_Neil_Armstrong_middle_and_-a-61_1522931359375.jpg)
![Pictured is a close-up of flight commander Jim Lovell prior to Apollo 13's launch. The mission is famous for the line 'Houston, we have had a problem here', which is often misquoted as 'Houston, we have a problem'](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/05/13/4AD8069700000578-5581713-Pictured_is_a_close_up_of_flight_commander_Jim_Lovell_prior_to_A-a-62_1522931363250.jpg)
![Pictured is the Saturn 5 rocket with the Apollo 12 moonship mounted on top. The images measure 7½ x 9½ inches (19.1 x 24.1cm), most with captions that date the images and give detailed descriptions of what they show](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/05/13/4AD8067500000578-5581713-Pictured_is_the_Saturn_5_rocket_with_the_Apollo_12_moonship_moun-a-63_1522931367872.jpg)
![Highlights from the collection, which is set to sell for $9,000 (£6,400) to $12,000 (£8,500), include photographs showing lift-off, astronauts floating in space, Earthrise, and the dark side of the moon. Pictured is an unknown astronaut in training](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/05/12/4AD8067A00000578-0-image-a-13_1522928316704.jpg)
![Pictured is an unlabelled photo of an astronaut in a training facility. Created by an employee of a national picture agency, the archive is arranged by theme in nine binders](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/05/13/4AD8068700000578-5581713-Pictured_is_an_unlabelled_photo_of_an_astronaut_in_a_training_fa-a-64_1522931375606.jpg)
![Pictured is an image of the moon. It is not known which mission this image was taken from. Apollo 15 was the ninth manned lunar mission in the Apollo space program, and considered at the time the most successful manned space flight up to that moment because of its long duration and greater emphasis on scientific exploration than had been possible on previous missions](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/04/05/13/4AD8067F00000578-5581713-Pictured_is_an_image_of_the_moon_It_is_not_known_which_mission_t-a-65_1522931379645.jpg)
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