[PROJECT GEMINI]. GEMINI VI AND VII FIRST RENDEZVOUS IN SPACE, VINTAGE CHROMOGENIC PRINT

GEMINI VI AND VII
“First Rendezvous in space, at 17,000 mph, Gemini VI”, December 15, 1965

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper with "A Kodak Paper" watermark on verso, 14 by 11 inches. Recto captioned in pen "Rendezvous Gemini VI & VII in Space. Earth on lower right."

A HISTORIC MILESTONE IN THE SPACE PROGRAM, MANKIND'S FIRST SPACE RENDEZVOUS, accomplished by Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford in the Gemini VI, and Frank Borman and James Lovell in the Gemini VII. Gemini VII had been launched eleven days before Gemini VI, on 4 December 1965. Once Gemini VI achieved orbit, the spacecraft caught up to Gemini VII and the two ships manoeuvred to within a few feet of each other during three Earth orbits.

REFERENCE
Thomas, p 144; Cortwright, p. 165

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