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First rendezvous in space: Gemini VII spacecraft as seen from the Gemini VI-A spacecraft, 3 views of the spacecraft over the Earth, December 15, 1965
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First rendezvous in space: Gemini VII spacecraft as seen from the Gemini VI-A spacecraft, 3 views of the spacecraft over the Earth, December 15, 1965

Thomas Stafford [Gemini VI-A]

Fermé28 April 2021

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First rendezvous in space: Gemini VII spacecraft as seen from the Gemini VI-A spacecraft, 3 views of the spacecraft over the Earth, December 15, 1965
Thomas Stafford [Gemini VI-A]
i. Gemini VII spacecraft as viewed from Gemini VI-A spacecraft, December 15, 1965
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'S-65-63721' in red on top margin on recto, with NASA MSC caption and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

ii. Gemini VII spacecraft approximately 122 feet away from Gemini VI-A spacecraft, December 15, 1965
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'S-65-63209' in red on top margin on recto, with NASA MSC caption and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

iii. Gemini VII spacecraft approximately 22 feet from Gemini VI-A spacecraft, December 15, 1965
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'S-65-63193' in red on left margin on recto, with NASA MSC caption and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

Note du spécialiste

Performed at an altitude of roughly 160 miles, the crewed rendezvous of Gemini VI-A and Gemini VII was the first of its kind in the history of spaceflight. Due to an absence of turbulence in space, the two spacecraft were able to deftly manouevre as close as 1 foot from one another. During this 4.5 hour encounter Astronaut Thomas Stafford of Gemini VI-A captured a sequence of extradordinary photographs with his 70mm Hasselblad camera, three of which are in the present Lot.

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