Lot 91
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[PROJECT GEMINI]. NASA GEMINI PRESS RELEASE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION

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2,000 - 3,000 USD
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  • CONTAINS 10 PHOTOS HAVING 17 TOTAL ASTRONAUT SIGNATURES
All are approximately 8 by 10 inches in black and white with printed NASA text on verso. 1) Gemini 4 space suited astronauts James McDivitt and Ed White inside a Gemini spacecraft trainer. SIGNED by JAMES McDIVITT. 2) Gemini 5 space suited astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad arrive at Cape Kennedy’s Pad 19 for a training tests. SIGNED by CHARLES CONRAD and SIGNED and INSCRIBED: “GORDON COOPER, GT-5.” 3) Portrait of Gemini 6 astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra in their space suits. SIGNED by TOM STAFFORD and WALLY SCHIRRA. 4) Gemini 6 astronauts Wally Schirra and Tom Stafford enjoy breakfast with Gemini 7 astronauts James Lovell and Frank Borman on the morning of Gemini 7’s launch. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Dave Scott, and Deke Slayton can be seen in the background. SIGNED by WALLY SCHIRRA and TOM STAFFORD. 5) A walk to SHUT DOWN! Gemini 6 astronauts depart for Launch Pad 19 on December 12, 1965 for a planned rendezvous with Gemini 7 already in orbit. Just seconds before lift-off, the Gemini Titan rocket engines shut down. Schirra coolly did not call for crew ejection which allowed the engines to be repaired and a launch on December 15. SIGNED by WALLY SCHIRRA and TOM STAFFORD. 6) Gemini 8 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Dave Scott pose in their space suits and helmets at Cape Kennedy prior to their Gemini 8 flight. SIGNED by DAVE SCOTT. 7) The Gemini Titan 9 rocket lifts-off from Pad 19 carrying astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan to a rendezvous with a target vehicle already in orbit. SIGNED by TOM STAFFORD and GENE CERNAN. 8) The Gemini 11 prime and back-up crews of Charles Conrad, Dick Gordon, Neil Armstrong, and Bill Anders relax next to the Gemini simulator command board prior to starting a simulated mission. SIGNED by CHARLES CONRAD and DICK GORDON. 9) Commander Charles Conrad is shown being hoisted aboard a recovery helicopter following Gemini 11’s splashdown after a 3 day rendezvous mission. SIGNED by CHARLES CONRAD. 10) Gemini 12 astronauts Buzz Aldrin and James Lovell exit their recovery helicopter on to the deck of the USS Wasp after their 4 day rendezvous mission which successfully ended the Gemini Program. SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN and JAMES LOVELL.