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The Angry Alligator, Eugene Cernan [Gemini IX-A], 3-7 June 1966
The Angry Alligator, Eugene Cernan [Gemini IX-A], 3-7 June 1966
printed 1966
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: $1,000–1,500
result: $750
A fantastic view of the Augmented Target Docking Adapter (ATDA), side view, photographed with the Hasselblad 500C and its 80mm lens from an altitude of about 300 km at a range of 47 feet during the third rendezvous over the Earth.
Numbered to upper margin 'NASA S-66-37969' with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks to verso.
note: Media visuals referencing the original NASA photograph(s) not included.
literature: LIFE, 17 June 1969, ppg. 36-37 illustrates variation The View from Space: American Astronaut Photography, 1962–1972, Schick and Van Haaften, pg. 61 Exploring Space with a Camera (NASA SP-168), Cortright, ed., pg. 173 Moon: Man’s Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed., pg. 125