Dale A. Gardner retrieves disabled Westar VI satellite for its return to Earth for repair.

Dale A. Gardner retrieves disabled Westar VI satellite for its return to Earth for repair.

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Dale A. Gardner retrieves disabled Westar VI satellite for its return to Earth for repair.
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Dale A. Gardner retrieves disabled Westar VI satellite for its return to Earth for repair.
DateNovember 8–16, 1984
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 19 1/8 × 18 7/8 in. (48.5 × 48 cm)
 Sheet: 23 13/16 × 19 7/8 in. (60.5 × 50.5 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number94.632
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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: In the lower left margin, in black ink, "1/50", lower left verso, in black ink, "This Dye-Transfer is the 1 Print from an edition of 50. It was made in Houston, Texas by Dennis Ivy. "
The photograph is signed in pencil, lower left corner, verso: "5017 Dennis Ivy".

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