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Buzz Aldrin or James Lovell Agena tethered to Gemini over the Earth following Buzz Aldrin's spacewalk, Gemini 12, 11-15 November 1966 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, [NASA photo No S-66-62794], 20.3 x 25.4 cm (8 x 10 in), with A KODAK PAPER watermarks on the verso Footnotes: The photograph was taken with the Maurer space camera and its 80mm lens after Aldrin managed to tether the two spacecraft during his near-flawless EVA. Original NASA caption for the photograph: "Northern portion of Sonora, Mexico; south-eastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico, as seen from the Gemini XII spacecraft during its 30th revolution of Earth. Includes the Tucson, Phoenix, Mogollon Rim, and Painted Desert areas. A 100-foot tether line connects the Agena Target Docking Vehicle with the Gemini XII spacecraft." "This exercise demonstrated the feasibility of achieving stabilized orientation between two manoeuvrable spacecraft at slightly different altitudes, connected by a flexible tether. At the beginning of the exercise the two spacecraft were docked, the tether having been connected during Aldrin's umbilical EVA. The vehicles were pitched to a vertical stable attitude, undocked, and separated, extending the tether. The second attempt to 'capture' or establish the gravity-gradient stabilization mode was judged successful in that the orientation was held for approximately 90 minutes with all control systems turned off. This successful demonstration promises a most useful technique for station-keeping spacecraft with minimum fuel expenditure." Frank Bogart, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight (Cortright, p. 184) Condition Report: Mint Condition Report Disclaimer