SPACE - APOLLO 8 Small collection relating to the Apollo 8 mission and others, comprising: (i) Apollo 8 'Earthrise' photograph, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE CREW OF APOLLO 8 on the mount: 'To George and Phyllis Burges. Best wishes from Apollo 8. Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, William Anders', large format colour photograph, mounted on presentation board, photograph and inscription faded, 270 x 350mm (photograph), 400 x 500mm. (mount) (ii) Apollo 8 'Earthrise' photograph, INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY JIM LOVELL: 'To George and Phyllis Burges With Best Wishes To my wonderful friends Jim Lovell Apollo 8', colour photograph, light arc of fading through centre of image, some surface abrasions, 190 x 255mm. (iii) A collection of one autograph letter signed and four type letters signed from Jim Lovell on NASA headed paper, and one autograph letter from Marilyn Lovell to Mr and Mrs Burges about space and personal matters, two photographs (one of the Apollo 8 crew and one of Jim and Marilyn Lovell with Mr and Mrs Burges), an event invitation and other ephemera, 1966-1971 (iv) c.110 NASA issued chromolithographs with the original envelope they were sent in from NASA in the 1960s (v) A small group of NASA brochures and reports relating to various missions (including Apollo 10, 11 and 12, Gemini IV and others) (vi) A small group of newspapers and newspaper cuttings with reports relating to space exploration, including 'Moonshot', January 1969; 'Daily Mail', 24 November 1968 and 15 January 1969, faint toning, some edges frayed Footnotes: 'Earthrise' is a photograph taken on 24 December 1968 by astronaut William Anders during NASA's Apollo 8 mission. The image shows the Earth appearing above the Moon's horizon while the spacecraft was orbiting the Moon. It was taken using a Hasselblad 500 EL camera with colour film. It was the first photograph to show Earth from lunar orbit and one of the first images taken by humans to capture the Earth and Moon together from space. Jim Lovell commanded Apollo 8, the first crewed mission to orbit the Moon, and subsequently Apollo 13, during which he calmly reported the spacecraft's crisis in the moment later popularized as 'Houston, we have a problem.' Lovell's steady leadership helped bring the crew safely back to Earth, making him a lasting symbol of resilience and teamwork in space exploration. Jim Lovell and George Burges first met at the end of World War II, when Burges gave a group of American sailors, Lovell among them, a lift to the dockyard. They became friends and maintained correspondence for years afterwards, with Lovell sending gifts (see previous lot). Provenance: George and Phyllis Burges, by descent to present owners. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing