Beschreibung:

RENDEZVOUS SEQUENCE – Photographic film. 1965. A continuous roll of fourteen photographs, showing the Gemini 6 crew flashing a "Beat Army" sign to astronaut Frank Borman, a West Point graduate. A continuous roll of fourteen photographs of Gemini 6 photographed by Frank Borman and James Lovell of the Gemini 7 crew. The beginning of the roll reads:“ Gemini 7 Mag #25 ” and holds photographs later identified by NASA as S65-64036 to S65-64049 . There are two images showing a “ BEAT ARMY ” sign held in his front window by United States Naval Academy graduate and Gemini 6 Pilot Thomas Stafford, as a playful taunt to United States Army West Point graduate and Gemini 7 commander Frank Borman. Included with this lot is Stafford's letter of provenance, which reads: " The roll of 70mm Hasselblad film that accompanies this letter was part of my post flight analysis work done for my Gemini 6 flight. Wally Schirra and I made the first manned spaceflight rendezvous with Gemini 7 on December 15, 1965. We had two launch scrubs and a major flight objective change. This was because of Agena target and docking vehicle failed to reach orbit in October 1965, scrubbing that mission. Our second scrub occurred on December 12 when our Titan rocket engines shut down just seconds after igniting on the pad. Luckily we did not have lift off and were able to correct the problem to fly on December 15 ." Segment of photographic film roll containing fourteen frames, 70mm Hasselblad.