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Read moreTHOMAS STAFFORD OR EUGENE CERNAN [GEMINI IX-A]
Price Realised GBP 252
Estimate
GBP 2,000 - GBP 3,000
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THE ANGRY ALLIGATOR IN ORBIT, JUNE 3-6, 1966
THOMAS STAFFORD OR EUGENE CERNAN [GEMINI IX-A]
Price Realised GBP 252
Price Realised GBP 252
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Lot Essay
The Augmented Target Docking Adaptor (ATDA) was launched atop an Atlas rocket on June 1, 1966 and reached an orbit of 161 miles above the Earth. However, the nosecone shroud did not separate which meant that docking would be impossible.
“We were hoping not to see that shroud at all. Every time we activated that docking target, the collar that we were to dock with, it would relieve tension on that band and the jaws would open and close.”
Eugene Cernan (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 61)
“We were hoping not to see that shroud at all. Every time we activated that docking target, the collar that we were to dock with, it would relieve tension on that band and the jaws would open and close.”
Eugene Cernan (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 61)
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THOMAS STAFFORD OR EUGENE CERNAN [GEMINI IX-A]
THE ANGRY ALLIGATOR IN ORBIT, JUNE 3-6, 1966
Estimate: GBP 2,000 - 3,000
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