Michael Collins (American, b. 1930)

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Michael Collins (American, b. 1930)
The Gemini spacecraft docked with the Agena 10 over the Earth, Gemini 10, July 1966. Numbered 'NASA S-66-46137' (NASA MSC) in red on the recto u.r. margin, NASA MSC caption on the verso. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper with 'A Kodak Paper' watermark on the verso, image size 8 1/2 x 7 1/4 in. (21.4 x 18.3 cm),unmatted.
Condition: Good.

N.B. Gemini 10 was the first mission to fire the Agena's own rocket, allowing them to reach higher orbits. After docking with the Agena 10 target vehicle, John Young and Michael Collins boosted the combined vehicles into an orbit with an apogee of 413 nautical miles to set a new altitude record for manned spaceflight (NASA caption). 'The Agena is controlling our attitude, a convenient way of keeping us level, but one which doesn't allow a very good look at the world below,' observed Young. 'That little piece of blue and white in the lower corner was all the scenery we saw for a day and a half' (Cortright, p. 174).
Estimate $400-600


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