Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 1
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 2
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 3
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 4
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 5
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 6
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 7
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 8
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 9
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 10
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 11
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 12
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 13
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 14
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 15
Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965 - photo 1

Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965

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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 468815
Lot 105 | Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra during countdown; the crew checking out the spacecraft; launch of the Titan rocket, December 8-15, 1965
105 a
Bill Taub

Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra undergoing suiting up operations during the prelaunch countdown

Gemini VI-A, December 15, 1965

Two vintage chromogenic prints on fiber-based Kodak paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), with NASA MSC captions and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the versos, numbered “NASA S-65- 58749” in red and “S-65-59958” in blue in top margin

105 b
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

The crew checking out the spacecraft during flight simulations at Launch Complex 19

Gemini VI-A, December 8, 1965

Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), the first with Technicolor Quality Control stamp and NASA credit on the verso (NASA KSC), the second with NASA HQ caption on the verso

105 c
NASA / Unidentified Photographer

The Titan rocket carrying Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford into space

Gemini VI-A, December 15, 1965

Two vintage gelatin silver prints on fiber-based paper, each 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), the second with Technicolor Quality Control stamp and NASA credit on the verso (NASA KSC)
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)
Art style:Color photo
Auction house category:Photography
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