拍品 94
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[PROJECT GEMINI]. GEMINI-TITAN II PRESS HANDBOOK

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  • SIGNED BY EIGHT GEMINI ASTRONAUTS
Gemini-Titan II Air Force Launch Vehicle: Press Handbook, Second Edition, Manned Flight. The Martin Company for NASA, 1965. Upwards of 140 pp. Illustrated with diagrams, half-tone images, and charts. 12 by 10 inches. All enclosed with a gray and black 7-ring binder having blue heavy card stock tabbed section dividers.

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INSCRIBED with their individual Gemini Titan flight numbers(s) and SIGNED by BUZZ ALDRIN, GENE CERNAN, GORDON COOPER, RICHARD GORDON, WALLY SCHIRRA, DAVE SCOTT, and TOM STAFFORD on the title page. Additionally SIGNED by JAMES LOVELL on the first tabbed divider section card. This handbook was designed to provide information to the news agencies covering the Gemini Program during 1965 and 1966. There are eight tabbed dividers that cover topics including a Gemini Program overview, the Titan rocket history, Titan launch vehicle systems, pre-flight checkout, the countdown and flight sequence, launch complex 19, and the Gemini spacecraft. Seven additional tabbed appendixes describe the Air Force Space Systems Division, launch vehicle management, the Gemini 3 prime and back-up crews, GT 1, 2, and 3 vehicle chronologies, a glossary, critical parts suppliers, and an index.