Unknown American
The Challenger, atop a mobile launch platform, slowly moves through the Florida fog to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for its launch.
Artist
Unknown American
CultureAmerican
Titles
- The Challenger, atop a mobile launch platform, slowly moves through the Florida fog to Launch Pad 39A in preparation for its launch.
- from: NASA: A Quarter Century of Space Exploration
DateApril 4–9, 1983
PlaceCape Canaveral, Florida, United States
MediumDye imbibition print
DimensionsImage: 16 1/8 × 20 3/16 in. (40.9 × 51.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 23 3/4 in. (50.5 × 60.3 cm)
Sheet: 19 7/8 × 23 3/4 in. (50.5 × 60.3 cm)
Credit LineThe Target Collection of American Photography, museum purchase funded by Target Stores
Object number94.645
Not on view
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PhotographySpecial Collections
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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: "5023 Dennis Ivy".
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