Leslie Cantwell collection

<p>The Leslie Cantwell collection is a collection of <a href="/facts/Large_format/oWa3GmYG">large-format</a> images of space and space exploration, signed and inscribed by astronauts from the <a href="/facts/Apollo_program/IC1Ek1Ao">Apollo Space programme</a>. It was assembled by British collector Leslie Cantwell, who became interested in the <a href="/facts/History_of_space_exploration/2eKXYVdq">history of space exploration</a> in the late 1990s. The collection has been exhibited at the Proud Galleries of London, the <a href="/facts/Kansas_Cosmosphere/UJYd8LJR">Kansas Cosmosphere</a>, and the <a href="/facts/New_Mexico_Museum_of_Art/UfcI9dHq">New Mexico Museum of Art</a>. 
</p><p>The collection comprises both originals and reprints of official <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">NASA</a> photographs, including images of all six Apollo <a href="/facts/Moon_landing/RMXHoEpg">Moon landings</a>. Some images are original <a href="/facts/Hasselblad/RdXsvqzL">Hasselblad</a> photographs (the official camera used on all Apollo missions). Many of the photographs were taken in space by the astronauts themselves; others were taken by NASA employees on the ground.
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Leslie Cantwell collection