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[Gemini Program]

NASA Project Gemini Handbooks signed by five Gemini astronauts

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[GEMINI PROGRAM]

NASA PROJECT GEMINI HANDBOOKS SIGNED BY GEMINI CREW MEMBERS


NASA Project Gemini Familiarization Manual, Long Range and Modified Configurations. Saint Louis, MO: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, 30 September 1965. SEDR 300 (Systems Engineering Department Report). Upwards of 250 pp. Multiple fold-out pages. 11 x 8½ inches. Punched, loose-leaf.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual Gemini-Titan (GT) mission number(s): “BUZZ ALDRIN, GT-12; GENE CERNAN, GT-IX; GORDON COOPER, GT 5; WALLY SCHIRRA, GT-6” and “TOM STAFFORD, GT 6, 9.”

 

Gemini-Titan II Air Force Launch Vehicle: Press Handbook, Final Revision, February 2, 1967.  Issued by the Martin Company for NASA. Loose-leaf, over 225 numbered pages, all held in the original gray and black seven ring binder. Illustrated with diagrams, charts, and half-tone images. 12 by10 inches.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual Gemini Titan/Gemini flight numbers(s): “BUZZ ALDRIN, GT-XII; RICHARD GORDON, GT-XI; WALLY SCHIRRA, GT-6” and “TOM STAFFORD, Gemini 6, 9.” All on the title page.  

TWO PROJECT GEMINI HANDBOOKS WITH INCREDIBLE DETAILS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS, USED BY ASTRONAUTS AND PRESS CORPS RESPECTIVELY

 

Project Gemini laid the groundwork for the historic Moon landing. The Familiarization Manual in this lot was a resource for the astronauts in the program to understand mission and equipment details. The Gemini-Titan II Air Force Launch Vehicle Press Handbook was similarly an important document for press to use when communicating and educating the public about what was gearing up to be the most ambitious program until the later Moon landings. 

 

TWO GEMINI astronauts who SIGNED and INSCRIBED the books in the present lot later went on to walk on the lunar surface in the APOLLO Program: BUZZ ALDRIN (Apollo 11), GENE CERNAN (Apollo 17)