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Thomas Stafford

Gemini VII spacecraft maneuvering over the Earth at dawn

Gemini VI-A, December 15-16, 1965, orbit 7, 010:17:00 and 010:20:00 GET

Two unreleased photographs, vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), the first with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-65-63101” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin, the second with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso (NASA MSC) [S-65-63107]

109 b
Thomas Stafford

Gemini VII spacecraft above the cloud-covered Earth

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

Unreleased photograph, vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-65-63112” (NASA MSC) in red in top margin
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

109 b
Schick and Van Haaften, p. 50.

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109 a
The photographs were 50 and 150 feet apart when these photographs were taken.

Below Gemini VII, dawn in space touches the Earth near the west coast of India, a scene repeated every 96 minutes throughout the rendezvous.

109 b
A great photograph of Gemini VII orbiting the Earth, 180 feet away from Gemini VI-A.