Unidentified Photographer

Description:

Unidentified Photographer
The 'Angry Alligator,' Gemini 9-A, June 1966. Numbered 'NASA S-66-37966' (NASA MSC) in red on the recto l.l. margin. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 9 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (24.0 x 18.3 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Good.

N.B. "There was a full Moon out and I saw the ATDA [Augmented Target Docking Adapter] right there in the moonlight. It just came to my mind that it looked like an angry alligator,' Thomas Stafford explained. 'I called it a few other things too when I saw what it was. They wanted Cernan to go extravehicular and take a pair of snippers and try to unsnap it, but the more we looked at it we decided it was not a wise idea. The lines were loaded with some pretty heavy springs and some sharp edges' (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 52).

Literature: Mason, p. 114.
Estimate $500-700


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