[PROJECT GEMINI]. THE AGENA TARGET VEHICLE DOCKING WITH GEMINI 12

Color photograph, 20 by 16 inches.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED by JIM LOVELL: "A 100 Foot Tether Line Connects the Agena Target Docking Vehicle with the Gemini 12 Spacecraft During its 32nd Revolution of Earth | Gemini 12 | JAMES LOVELL | Command Pilot | November 1966" The Agena Target Vehicle (ATV) was an unmanned spacecraft, which NASA utilized during its Gemini program. The purpose of the ATV was to develop and practice various techniques in preparation for the Apollo program's lunar missions.