[GEMINI 6] VINTAGE SILVER GELATIN PRINT OF WALTER "WALLY" SCHIRRA SUITING UP, CA DECEMBER 1965.

From the Estate of NASA Senior Photographer Bill Taub

[GEMINI 6] 

WALTER "WALLY" SCHIRRA SUITING UP. CA DECEMBER 1965.

Vintage silver gelatin print, image taken by Bill Taub, 10 1/2 by 13 3/4 inches, mounted on matboard; some toning to mat.

A CANDID IMAGE OF WALLY SCHIRRA SUITING UP

The Gemini 6 mission achieved the first crewed rendezvous with another spacecraft: its sister, Gemini 7. Schirra served as Command Pilot, with Tom Stafford as pilot, and successfully kept his spacecraft within one foot of the Gemini 7 spacecraft.

One of the Mercury Seven, over the course of his NASA career Schirra logged a total of 295 hours and 15 minutes in space.