RENDEZVOUS WITH AN ANGRY ALLIGATOR. Color photograph, 10 x 8 inches. INSCRIBED and SIGNED: "Gemini IX Launch, TOM STAFFORD, CDR." The Gemini 9 launch Titan rocket lifts off the pad and heads toward a orbital rendezvous with a docking target vehicle. That target vehicle aerodynamic shroud failed to completely release making it look like "an angry alligator" as described by Tom Stafford from earth orbit.
RENDEZVOUS WITH AN ANGRY ALLIGATOR. Color photograph, 10 x 8 inches. INSCRIBED and SIGNED: "Gemini IX Launch, TOM STAFFORD, CDR." The Gemini 9 launch Titan rocket lifts off the pad and heads toward a orbital rendezvous with a docking target vehicle. That target vehicle aerodynamic shroud failed to completely release making it look like "an angry alligator" as described by Tom Stafford from earth orbit.
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