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July 20, 06:17 PM GMT
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
[Gemini 6] + [Gemini 7]
First Manned Space Rendezvous
Color photograph, 16 x 20 in., SIGNED and INSCRIBED in blue ink by Mission Pilot Thomas Stafford:
"First rendezvous / Gemini 6+7 / Dec 1965 / Tom Stafford, Plt.", and SIGNED by Command Pilot Wally Schirra:
"Wally Schirra Cdr."
This incredible photograph shows the first ever manned space rendezvous, as GEMINI 6 goes nose to nose with GEMINI 7, with Earth rising in the background.