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[Gemini Program]

NAS♚A Project Gemini Handbooks signed by five Gemini astronauts

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[GEMINI PROGRAM]

NASA PROJECT ꧒GEMINI HANDBOOKS SIGNED BY GEMINI CREW MEMBERS


NASA Project Gemini Familiarization Manual, Long Range and Modified Configurations. Saint Louis, MO: McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, 30 September 1965. SEDR 300 (Sy🍌stems Engineering Department Report). Upwards of 250 pp. Multiple fold-out pages. 11 x 8½ inches. Punched, loose-leaf.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual Gemini-Titan (GT) mission number(s): “BUZZ ALDRIN, GT-12; GENE CERNAN, GT-IX; GORDON COOPER, GT 5; WALLY SCHIRRA, GT-6” and “TOM STAFFORD, GT 6, 9.”

 

Gemini-Titan II Air Force Launch Vehicle: Press Handbook, Final Revision, February 2, 1967.  Issued by the Martin Company for NASA. Loose-leaf, over 225 numbered pages, all held in the original gray and black seven ring binder. Illustrated ♈with diagrams, charts, and half-tone images. 12 by10 inches.

SIGNED and INSCRIBED with their individual Gemini Titan/Gemini flight numbers(s): “BUZZ ALDRIN, GT-XII; RICHARD GORDON, GT-XI; WALLY SCHIRRA, GT-6” and “TOM STAFFORD, Gemini 6, 9.” All on the title page.  

TWO PROJECT GEMINI HANDBOOKS WITH INCREDIBLE DETAILS ABOUT THE PROGRAMS, USED BY ASTRONAUTS 🐟AND PRESS CORPS RESPECTIVELY

 

Project Gemini laid the groundwork for the historic Moon landing. The Familiarization Manual in this lot was a resource for the astronauts in the program to understand mission and equipment details. The Gemini-Titan II Air Force Launch Vehicle Press Handbook was similarly an important document for press♍ to use when communicating and educating the public about what was gearing up to be the most ambitious program until the later Moon landings.&nbꦑsp;

 

TWO🔴 GEMINI astronauts who SIGNED and INSCRIBED the ♚books in the present lot later went on to walk on the lunar surface in the APOLLO Program: BUZZ ALDRIN (Apollo 11), GENE CERNAN (Apollo 17)