Thomas Stafford

Gemini VII spacecraft above the cloud-covered Earth

Gemini VI-A, December 15-16, 1965, orbit 7, 010:23:00 GET

A vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, with red NASA MSC number “S-65-63112” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso with NASA MSC caption.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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The Gemini VII spacecraft is magnificently contrasted against the earth below in this photograph taken from the Gemini VI spacecraft. In the Gemini VII spacecraft were Astronauts Frank Borman and James A. Lovell Jr. Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford were in the Gemini VI spacecraft. This photograph was taken with a modified 70mm Hasselblad camera, using Eastman Kodak, Ektachrome MS (S.O. 217) color film. The two National Aeronautics and Space Administration spacecraft are approximately 75t. apart.

From NASA caption.