[1] Thomas Stafford
Gemini VII spacecraft orbiting the Earth
Gemini VI-A, December 15-16, 1965, orbit 6, 009:32:00 GET
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, with red NASA MSC number “S-65-63220” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.

[2] Thomas Stafford
Gemini VI spacecraft as seen from the Gemini VII spacecraft
Gemini VII, December 15-16, 1965, orbit 5
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, with red NASA MSC number “S-65-63721” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso with NASA MSC caption.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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Lot Essay

[1] The two spacecrafts were 37 feet apart when Stafford took this superb oblique photograph of Gemini VII showing its golden adapter section.
“We reviewed the pictures after we got back. When we saw their clarity—the lighting, the Sun angle, and everything—we realized that they described it very well. The mission will be there in history forever.”
Thomas Stafford (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 50)

[2] On board the Gemini VII spacecraft – this view of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Gemini VI spacecraft, with a “Beat Army” sign in the pilot’s hatch window, was taken from the Gemini VII spacecraft during rendezvous of the two on December 15, 1965. The photograph was taken with a 70mm Hasselblad camera using Kodak S.O. 217 MS film. Crew members on the Gemini VII spacecraft are Astronauts Frank Borman, command pilot, and Astronaut James A. Lovell Jr., pilot. Crew members on board the Gemini VI are Astronauts Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, and Thomas P. Stafford, pilot.
From NASA caption.