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First rendezvous in space, at 17,000 mph: Gemini VII spacecraft orbiting the blue Earth, Thomas Stafford [Gemini VI-A], 15-16 December 1965
First rendezvous in space, at 17,000 mph: Gemini VII spacecraft orbiting the blue Earth, Thomas Stafford [Gemini VI-A], 15-16 December 1965
printed 1965
vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper 8 h × 10 w in (20 × 25 cm)
vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper 8 h × 10 w in (20 × 25 cm)
estimate: $1,200–1,800
result: $563
History’s first space rendezvous, a crucial milestone for the planned lunar missions of Project Apollo, was accomplished by Walter Schirra and Tom Stafford in Gemini VI-A, who chased down the orbiting Gemini VII carrying Frank Borman and James Lovell.
'A Kodak Paper' watermarks to verso. [NASA image S-65-63221]
note: Media visuals referencing the original NASA photograph(s) not included.
literature: National Geographic, April 1966, ppg. 548-549 Time, 24 December 1965, pg. 34