John Young and Gus Grissom in the Gemini simulator; Gemini launch tower; first Gemini test launch; selection and portrait in spacesuit of the first Gemini astronauts, April-May 1964
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1000GBP £ 1 000
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ID 468769
Lot 59 | John Young and Gus Grissom in the Gemini simulator; Gemini launch tower; first Gemini test launch; selection and portrait in spacesuit of the first Gemini astronauts, April-May 1964
Estimate value
£ 2 000 – 3 000
NASA / Unidentified photographer
Gemini launch tower at dawn at Cape Kennedy
Gemini I, April 1964
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-64-12864” (NASA MSC) in blue in top margin
59 b
NASA / Unidentified photographer
First unmanned test launch of the Gemini spacecraft
Gemini I, April 8, 1964
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 21 x 27.8cm, with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso
59 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
Robert Gilruth, Director of the Manned Spacecraft Center, presenting the astronauts selected for the first manned Gemini mission
Project Gemini, April 1964
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption on the verso, numbered “NASA S-64-21760” in black in top margin
59 d
NASA / Unidentified Photographer
Portrait of the first Gemini astronauts in spacesuit
Project Gemini, April 1964
Vintage gelatin silver print on fiber-based paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA HQ caption on the verso
59 e
Ralph Morse
John Young and Gus Grissom in the Gemini two-crew spacecraft simulator
Project Gemini, May 1964
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC caption and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-64-25295” in black in top margin
21 x 27.8cm (81/4 x 11in)
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