The pictures will go under the hammer at Bloomsbury Auctions in London on February 26, where they are expected to sell for between £300 ($465) and £10,000 ($15,525)a total of upwards of £500,000.
Among the highlights of the sale is a photograph snapped by Buzz Aldrin — later the second man to step onto the Moon — during the Gemini 12 mission in November 1966, which is believed to be the first space “selfie.” It is tipped to sell for £600 to £800 ($932 to $1,242).
Aldrin also features in perhaps the most famous image in the sale: the so-called “visor photograph” showing him on the Moon on July 20,1969 during the Apollo 11 mission.
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“They represent a golden age in the history of photography, when a few men went to the unknown to bring back awe-inspiring pictures,” said Wheeler.
The From the Earth to the Moon: Vintage NASA photographs sale takes place at Bloomsbury Auctions in London on Thursday February 26.
