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The world’s first space rendezvous: Gemini 7 as seen from Gemini 6A over the Earth, 15 December 1965

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Auction archive: Lot number 48

The world’s first space rendezvous: Gemini 7 as seen from Gemini 6A over the Earth, 15 December 1965

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Thomas Stafford A view of Gemini 7 from Gemini 6A spacecraft during the first ever rendezvous of two spacecraft in space, taken from a distance of approximately 40 feet, Gemini 6A and 7, 15 December 1965 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), RED NUMBERED NASA S-65-63219, with A KODAK PAPER watermark on verso (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center) Footnotes: During the Gemini 6A flight, Walter Schirra, a space veteran by now, piloted the craft while Thomas Stafford photographed, capturing the first images of a spacecraft taken with a handheld camera from another spacecraft. "We reviewed the pictures after we got back. When we saw their clarity - the lighting, the sun angle, and everything - we realized that they described it very well. The mission will be there in history forever" - Thomas Stafford ("The View from Space", p. 50)

Auction archive: Lot number 48
Beschreibung:

Thomas Stafford A view of Gemini 7 from Gemini 6A spacecraft during the first ever rendezvous of two spacecraft in space, taken from a distance of approximately 40 feet, Gemini 6A and 7, 15 December 1965 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), RED NUMBERED NASA S-65-63219, with A KODAK PAPER watermark on verso (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center) Footnotes: During the Gemini 6A flight, Walter Schirra, a space veteran by now, piloted the craft while Thomas Stafford photographed, capturing the first images of a spacecraft taken with a handheld camera from another spacecraft. "We reviewed the pictures after we got back. When we saw their clarity - the lighting, the sun angle, and everything - we realized that they described it very well. The mission will be there in history forever" - Thomas Stafford ("The View from Space", p. 50)

Auction archive: Lot number 48
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