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Auction archive: Lot number 33

ORBITAL RENDEZVOUS – Photograph signed by Tom STAFFORD and Wally SCHIRRA.

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$2,500
Auction archive: Lot number 33

ORBITAL RENDEZVOUS – Photograph signed by Tom STAFFORD and Wally SCHIRRA.

Estimate
US$2,000 - US$3,000
Price realised:
US$2,500
Beschreibung:

ORBITAL RENDEZVOUS – Photograph signed by Tom STAFFORD and Wally SCHIRRA. Gemini 6 nose-to-nose with Gemini 7 in orbit: an iconic image symbolizing the major goal of the Gemini program. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “ First Rendezvous, Gemini 6 & 7, 15 Dec 1965, Tom Stafford ," and SIGNED “Wally Schirra, CDR.” After the Titan engine shutdown and launch abort just 3 days earlier, Gemini 6 astronauts Schirra and Stafford complete their orbital rendezvous with Gemini 7. During this historic first manned rendezvous, Gemini 6 pilot Tom Stafford snaps the most iconic photograph of the Gemini Program – the rendezvous with Gemini 7. After their launch from Cape Canaveral on December 15, 1965, the Gemini 6 crew performed a six-hour rendezvous sequence. Large color photograph, 16 by 20 inches.

Auction archive: Lot number 33
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
Beschreibung:

ORBITAL RENDEZVOUS – Photograph signed by Tom STAFFORD and Wally SCHIRRA. Gemini 6 nose-to-nose with Gemini 7 in orbit: an iconic image symbolizing the major goal of the Gemini program. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “ First Rendezvous, Gemini 6 & 7, 15 Dec 1965, Tom Stafford ," and SIGNED “Wally Schirra, CDR.” After the Titan engine shutdown and launch abort just 3 days earlier, Gemini 6 astronauts Schirra and Stafford complete their orbital rendezvous with Gemini 7. During this historic first manned rendezvous, Gemini 6 pilot Tom Stafford snaps the most iconic photograph of the Gemini Program – the rendezvous with Gemini 7. After their launch from Cape Canaveral on December 15, 1965, the Gemini 6 crew performed a six-hour rendezvous sequence. Large color photograph, 16 by 20 inches.

Auction archive: Lot number 33
Auction:
Datum:
18 Jul 2019
Auction house:
Christie's
New York
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