Title from caption on object: “Gemini VI/VII Rendezvous Photography”

December 15, 1965

American 20th Century, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Attributed to

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    chromogenic print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 19.9 × 18.5 cm (7 13/16 × 7 5/16 in.)
    sheet: 25.3 × 20.3 cm (9 15/16 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.547

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, upper center printed in purple ink: [NASA logo] MANNED SPACECRAFT CENTER / OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH; center: COLOR / 15 DEC 65 S-65-63190 / GEMINI VI/VII RENDEZVOUS PHOTOGRAPHY -- This view of / the orbiting Gemini VII spacecraft was taken from the / Gemini VI spacecraft during their rendezvous mission / in space. Gemini VII is clearly contrasted against the / blackness of the sky. Astronauts Frank Borman and / James A. Lovell Jr. were in the Gemini VII spacecraft. / In the Gemini VI spacecraft were Astronauts Walter M. / Schirra Jr. and Thomas P. Stafford. This photograph / was taken with a modified 70mm Hasselblad camera, using / Eastman Kodak, Ektachrome MS (S. 0. 217) color film. / The two National Aeronautics and Space Administration / spacecrafts are approximately 8 ft. apart.; lower center NASA copyright printed in purple ink; by unknown hand, bottom left in blue ink inverted: 565-63189

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