THOMAS STAFFORD [GEMINI VI-A]

Name: GEMINI VII SPACECRAFT ABOVE THE CLOUD-COVERED EARTH, DECEMBER 15, 1965
Brand: THOMAS STAFFORD [GEMINI VI-A]
Price: 300.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 378

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Closed: 18 May 2022

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GEMINI VII SPACECRAFT ABOVE THE CLOUD-COVERED EARTH, DECEMBER 15, 1965

THOMAS STAFFORD [GEMINI VI-A]

Price Realised GBP 378

Closed: 18 May 2022

Price Realised GBP 378

Closed: 18 May 2022

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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)

This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
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Lot Essay

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.