| Gemini-Titan 1 Launch Photo Set |
| Astronauts Bassett & See Portraits |
| The second U.S. manned space program was announced in January 1962. Its two-man crew gave it its name, Gemini, for the third constellation of the Zodiac and its twin stars, Castor and Pollux. Gemini involved 12 flights, including two unmanned flight tests of the equipment. Like Mercury's, its major objectives were clear-cut: * To subject man and equipment to space flight up to two weeks in duration. * To rendezvous and dock with orbiting vehicles and to maneuver the docked combination by using the target vehicle's propulsion system; * To perfect methods of entering the atmosphere and landing at a preselected point on land. Its goals were also met, with the exception of a land landing, which was cancelled in 1964. |
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| GT-1, Vintage Color - NASA Photo ID: S-64-21563 Description: Lift off from Launch Complex 19 of the Gemini Titan II booster with the GT-1 capsule onboard as a payload at 11:00 a.m. on 8 April 1964. This is the first ever launching of a 2-man spacecraft and the first flight phase of the Gemini Program. Photo (Left): Photo is in excellent condition with some fading. Printed on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse along with NASA short text description. Photo (Center): Photo is in good condition with some handling creases along left side, but no real effect on photo as seen in image. Repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse on fiber based paper. Photo (Right): Photo is in excellent condition with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse on fiber based paper. |
| GEMINI - Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-63-564 Description: Text on reverse reads, "Harm Bunning, left, Associate Professor in Aeronautical Engineering at University of Michigan, who is conducting a three day seminar in orbital flight mechanics. He is explaining details to Astronaut Walter Schirra and Astronaut Trainee Edward White II. This is part of Astronaut training." Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper with NASA detailed text on reverse. |
| Titan 2 Research & Development Flight - NASA Photo ID: PL-63-23768 Photo: 8 x 10 vintage color in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. U.S. Air Force Missile Test Center text on reverse. Dated 12-12-63 |
| Gemini Capsule - Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 63-GEMINI-26 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue NASA detailed text on reverse. Description: Text on reverse reads: The Mercury and Gemini spacecrafts are shown side by side at the McDonnell plant in St. Louis, MO., giving the comparative size of the 1 and 2 man spacecrafts. Project Gemini is a follow on program to Mercury, which will place two men into orbit to develop the rendezvous technique and study the effects of weightlessness of space flights of long duration. |
Photo (Left & Right): Both 8 x 10 vintage Color in Excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Blue NASA detailed text on reverse dated 10 Sept 1964 Description: Text on reverse reads: Maj. Charles Bassett II, USAF (Left) and Astronaut Elliot See, Jr. (Right). Both were scheduled to be the primary crew aboard Gemini 9, See as commander and Bassett as pilot. They were on their way to McDonnell Aircraft Corporation's Lambert Field near St. Louis to discuss their mission with McDonnell engineers on 28 February 1966. However, overcast skies mixed with rain and snow flurries resulted in poor visibility. Their T-38 came in too low and slow on the first landing attempt, so pilot See went to afterburner and turned right to make another attempt. Unfortunately, his turn took the aircraft right into the roof of McDonnell Building 101, killing both men. Coincidentally, this very building contained the Gemini 9 spacecraft the two men were due to fly. |
| Gemini B/W Glossy - Artist Concept - NASA Photo ID: 65-H-370 Photo: 10 x 8 B/W NASA Glossy Photograph in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue NASA text on reverse. Description: 17 March 1965 Gemini High Altitude Ejection. Washington-Artists concept of the ejection system used for NASA's Gemini Program. |
| Gemini - Vintage B/W Artist Concept - Rocketdyne Photo ID: IL S654 Photo: 10 x 8 B/W NASA Glossy Photograph on a fiber based paper with Rocketdyne stamp on reverse. A division of North American Aviation, Inc. Description: Concept drawing showing the maneuverability of the Gemini 2 man Spacecraft by using the thruster jets. Photo showing the ability to move about the yaw, pitch, and roll axis as well as the thrust component as the spacecraft approaches the Agena docking craft, seen in the lower left corner. |
| Gemini - Vintage B/W Concept Photo - Gemini-Titan Configuration Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper. Description: An Artist photo showing the Gemini Titan II Man-Rated Configuration. A fine cut-away view of the converted Titan ICBM to be used for manned flight for the Gemini Program. |
| Gemini - Vintage Color Artist Concept -McDonnell Aircraft Photo ID: D4C 9730 Photo: 8.5 x 11 Color photo on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp and photo ID on reverse. Photo in excellent, near mint, condition. Description: Concept drawing showing the launch of a Gemini space vehicle separation from the Titan Stage 2 thrust section. |
| Gemini - Vintage Color Artist Concept -McDonnell Aircraft Photo ID: D4C 9740 Photo: 8.5 x 11 Color photo on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp and photo ID on reverse. Photo in excellent, near mint, condition. Description: Concept drawing showing the launch of a Gemini-Titan space Vehicle. |
| Gemini - Vintage Color Artist Concept -McDonnell Aircraft Photo ID: D4C 9738 Photo: 8.5 x 11 Color photo on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp and photo ID on reverse. Photo in excellent, near mint, condition. Description: Concept drawing showing the stage 2 separation from Stage 1. |
| Gemini - Vintage Color Artist Concept -McDonnell Aircraft Photo ID: D4C 9737 Photo: 8.5 x 11 Color photo on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp and photo ID on reverse. Photo in excellent, near mint, condition. Description: Concept drawing showing the launch of a Gemini-Titan Agena Target Vehicle (ATV). The Agena target vehicle (ATV) was a spacecraft used by NASA to develop and practice orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the Apollo program lunar missions. |
| Gemini - Vintage Color Artist Concept -McDonnell Aircraft Photo ID: D4C 9734 Photo: 8.5 x 11 Color photo on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp and photo ID on reverse. Photo in excellent, near mint, condition. Description: Concept drawing showing the Gemini Space Vehicle. |
| Gemini - Vintage Color Artist Concept -McDonnell Aircraft Photo ID: D4C 9735 Photo: 8.5 x 11 Color photo on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp and photo ID on reverse. Photo in excellent, near mint, condition. Description: Concept drawing showing the Gemini Space Vehicle docked with the Agena Target Vehicle.. |
| Gemini - Vintage Color Artist Concept -McDonnell Aircraft Photo ID: D4C 9739 Photo: 8.5 x 11 Color photo on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp and photo ID on reverse. Photo in excellent, near mint, condition. Description: Concept drawing showing the Gemini Space Vehicle approaching the Agena Target Vehicle for a docking rendezvous. |
| Gemini - Vintage Color Artist Concept -McDonnell Aircraft Photo ID: D4C 9728 Photo: 8.5 x 11 Color photo on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp and photo ID on reverse. Photo in excellent, near mint, condition. Description: Artist concept drawing of the Rogallo's flexible wing (Parawing) which was tested by NASA as a steerable parachute to retrieve Gemini space capsules and retrieve used rocket stages. |
| Gemini-Titan 2- Vintage Color Glossy - NASA Photo Red ID: S-65-13165 Description: The Text on reverse reads: GEMINI-2 REENTRY -- This photograph is an enlargement of a frame from a 16mm motion picture camera which was mounted within the spacecraft to take film through the hatch window. The Gemini-Titan 2 Spacecraft at this point is in the reentry phase of its return through the earth's atmosphere. Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on fiber based paper with NASA detailed text on reverse. Repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on reverse. |
| Gemini-Titan 2 Liftoff - Vintage B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: S-65-13992 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue NASA detailed text on reverse. Description: The Text on reverse reads: 19 JAN 65 -- GT-2 LIFTOFF -- Liftoff of Gemini-titan 2. The unmanned space flight was a complete success. The GT-2 launching was originally scheduled on December 9, 1964, but was postponed due to technical difficulties. The GT-2 test flight was a prelude to the manned Gemini-Titan 3 flight scheduled during the second quarter of 1965. |
| Gemini - Vintage Color Artist Concept -McDonnell Aircraft Photo ID: D4C 9729 Photo: 8.5 x 11 Color photo on fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. McDonnell Aircraft Corporation stamp and photo ID on reverse. Photo in excellent, near mint, condition. Description: Artist concept drawing of the Rogallo's flexible wing (Parawing) which was tested by NASA as a steerable parachute to retrieve Gemini space capsules and retrieve used rocket stages. |
| USAF Operation MOL - Titan III-C Artist Concept - Vintage B/W Glossy Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue U.S. Air Force text on reverse and detail descriptive text on attached. Description: Photo Date 2-27-64 -- Very early concept photo of MOL. Attached text reads: In artists concept, the two solid fueled boosters of the Air Force Titan III-C space booster push the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) and its Gemini-B capsule above the earth's atmosphere. The core rocket, which starts at altitude to complete the orbit mission, is basically a two-stage titan II missile with a transtage and control module. The Air Force MOL, which will consist of a pressurized cylinder approximately the size of a small house trailer, will be used to determine the military usefulness of man in space and will be America's first manned space station. |
| NASA - Vintage Color Artist Concept - NASA Photo ID: 62-GEMINI-17 Photo: 8 x 10 vintage B&W photo on fiber based paper with blue NASA descriptive text on reverse. Photo in excellent, near mint, condition. Description: The text on reverse reads: "GEMINI - Artist concept of the two-man spacecraft Gemini in earth orbit. Gemini, weighing more than 3-tons, orbits the earth at 18,000 miles per hour." |
| Gemini B/W Glossy - NASA Photo ID: 65-H-487 Photo: 10 x 8 B/W NASA Glossy Photograph in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue NASA text on reverse. Description: 30 April 1965 - The text on reverse reads, "GIVING GEMINI THE "BRAKE" -- Gemini spacecraft retro-rockets are test mounted in the Elkton, Md., plant of Thiokol Chemical Corp., builders of the rockets used by NASA. The four rockets aboard a Gemini spacecraft act as its braking system, slowing down its orbit enough to permit the Gemini's descent to earth. |
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| The following photographs were scanned from my personal collection of vintage manned space exploration photographs. These photos were taken during the period of the "Golden Age" of manned space exploration covering the Mercury, Gemini & Apollo programs. These are NOT modern reproductions, copies or reprints. |
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| Gemini-Titan 1 - NASA Photo ID: KSC-64C-1165 Description: The Text on reverse reads: NASA/Gemini - GT1 Wet Mock Test View of vehicle standing along with umbilical tower adjacent. Photo: Dated: 4-2-64, 8 x 10 vintage color in good condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse with NASA photo description on reverse. |
| Gemini-Titan 1 - Titan II Launch Vehicle - NASA Photo ID: 64-Gemini I-1 Description: An 8 x 10 vintage photo in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue NASA descriptive text on reverse. Dated January 6, 1964 Photo: Text on reverse reads: The first stage of the modified Titan II, which produces 439,000 pounds of thrust, arrives at Pad 19. The Titan II, which is seventy feet long, employs storable hypergolic (self-igniting upon mixing) propellants; permitting a much shorter count-down period. This first Titan II Gemini launch will be an unmanned orbital flight. |
| Gemini Capsule - Vintage B/W Glossy - USAF Photo ID: LOC 63C-2896 / 9810605 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue US Air Force text on reverse. Small square RCA inspection stamp as well. Description: Text on reverse only reads GEMINI SPACECRAFT and dates 9-30-63 |
| Gemini Color Photo - McDonnell Photo ID: D4C 13374 Photo: 8.5" x 11" photo in excellent condition on fiber base paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. A McDonnell Photo. Description: Photo showing the Retrograde Adapter section of the Gemini Spacecraft showing the retrograde rockets in the center and the maneuvering thrusters along the outer rim. |
| Gemini - Vintage Color Photo - Gemini Capsule Mock Up Photo: 8.5 x 11 vintage McDonnell Aircraft photo in good condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Description: President John F. Kennedy looks over a Gemini space capsule with Astronaut John Young on board during a September 1962 visit to McDonnell Aircraft in St. Louis. Kennedy was at the St. Louis plant for a briefing on the Mercury and Gemini space programs. |
| Gemini Capsule - Vintage Color - McDonnell Aircraft Photo Photo: 8.5 x 11 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Description: The Mercury and Gemini spacecrafts are shown side by side at the McDonnell plant in St. Louis, MO., giving the comparative size of the 1 and 2 man spacecrafts. In front of the Gemini spacecraft is the McDonnell Augmented Target Docking Adapter (A.T.D.A.) |
| Gemini Capsule - Vintage Color - McDonnell Aircraft Photo Photo: 8.5 x 11 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Description: Gemini Spacecraft at the McDonnell plant in St. Louis, MO. |
| Gemini Capsule - Vintage Color - McDonnell Aircraft Photo Photo: 8.5 x 11 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Description: Photo showing the Gemini spacecraft equipment arrangement.. Far left is the equipment section, next to it is the Retro-Grade module, then the reentry module and on the far right is the Augmented Target Docking Adapter. |
| Gemini Capsule - Vintage Color - McDonnell Photo Photo: 8.5 x 11 vintage original in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. Description: The Mercury and Gemini spacecrafts are shown side by side at the McDonnell plant in St. Louis, MO., giving the comparative size of the 1 and 2 man spacecrafts. |
| Gemini Capsule - Vintage Color - McDonnell Aircraft Photo Photo: 8.5 x 11 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. The photo is boarder-less. Description: Photo showing the Gemini spacecraft inside the altitude chamber as two astronaut prepare to enter the spacecraft prior to a training exercise. |
| Gemini Color Photo - McDonnell Photo ID: D4C 13377 Photo: 8.5" x 11" photo in excellent condition on fiber base paper with repeating "A KODAK PAPER" watermarks on reverse. A McDonnell Photo. Description: A close up view of the Docking Cone of the Augmented Target Docking Adapter. the A.T.D.A. was used to allow the Gemini spacecraft to docking with the Agena target vehicle. The Agena target vehicle (ATV) was a spacecraft used by NASA during its Gemini program to develop and practice orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the Apollo program lunar missions. Each ATV consisted of an Agena spacecraft built by Lockheed and a docking adapter built by McDonnell, as seen here. Photo taken at the McDonnell facility if St. Louis, MO. |
| Gemini-Titan 2 Liftoff - Vintage Color Glossy - NASA Photo Red ID: S-64-40154 Photo: 8 x 10 in excellent condition on a fiber based paper with blue NASA detailed text on reverse. Photo as label added with ID NASA-S-65-727 Description: 19 JAN 65 -- GT-2 LIFTOFF -- Liftoff of Gemini-titan 2. The unmanned space flight was a complete success. The GT-2 launching was originally scheduled on December 9, 1964, but was postponed due to technical difficulties. The GT-2 test flight was a prelude to the manned Gemini-Titan 3 flight scheduled during the second quarter of 1965. |
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