Lot 92
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[PROJECT GEMINI]. GEMINI COLOR PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

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  • CONTAINS 12 PHOTOS HAVING 20 TOTAL ASTRONAUT SIGNATURES
All are approximately 8 by 10 inches and in color. 1) Space suited Gemini 5 astronauts Charles Conrad and Gordon Cooper pose in front of the gantry at Cape Kennedy’s Launch Pad 19. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “CHARLES CONRAD, PLT and GORDON COOPER, Gemini 5 CDR.” 2) Gordon Cooper in his space suit and helmet poses for a photograph during Gemini training. SIGNED by GORDON COOPER. 3) Space suited Gemini 5 astronauts Charles Conrad and Gordon Cooper exit the Pad 19 gantry. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “CHARLES CONRAD, PLT and GORDON COOPER, Gemini 5 CDR.” 4) The Gemini Titan 5 rocket lift-off from Pad 19 on August 21, 1965. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “CHARLES CONRAD, PLT and GORDON COOPER, Gemini 5 CDR.” 5) Space suited Gemini 6 astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra pose for a crew portrait. SIGNED by TOM STAFFORD and WALLY SCHIRRA. 6) Wally Schirra in his space suit and helmet runs tests inside the Gemini 6 spacecraft. SIGNED by WALLY SCHIRRA. 7) Space suited Gemini 6 astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford exit the Pad 19 gantry after a launch simulation in October 1965. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “WALLY SCHIRRA, GT-6 and TOM STAFFORD, Plt.” 8) Tom Stafford photographs a side view of Gemini 7 in orbit after he and Wally Schirra made the first manned rendezvous on December 15, 1965. SIGNED by TOM STAFFORD and WALLY SCHIRRA. 9) Gemini 8 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott pose for a crew portrait wearing their blue NASA flight suits. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “DAVE SCOTT, GT-8 PLT.” 10) Gemini 11 astronauts Richard Gordon and Charles Conrad pose for a crew portrait wearing their blue NASA flight suits. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “RICHARD GORDON, Gemini XI Plt and CHARLES CONRAD, Gemini XI CDR.” 11) Gemini 11 astronauts Richard Gordon and Charles Conrad pose for photographers on the USS Guam after their 3 day rendezvous mission. SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “RICHARD GORDON, Gemini XI Plt and Gemini XI Recovery, CHARLES CONRAD.” 12) Gemini 12 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell speak to the crew of the USS Wasp after the completion of their 4 day rendezvous mission which brought the Gemini Program to a successful end. SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN.