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Lot #3092
Project Gemini: Film Reel, Report, and Hand Controller Blueprint

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Description

Three items:

A canister of contemporary 16mm film portraying the historic the Gemini 4 mission, measuring 10.75″ in diameter with a label affixed to the cover: “Gemini 4 Onboard: Ed White EVA & IVA, 4 x I Stretch, June 1965, 800´.” The film's header is annotated by hand to indicate that the footage is from the Gemini 4 on-board camera on June 5th,1965.

Gemini and Apollo-era space suit technician Clyde Teague’s personal softcover copy of Project Gemini: A Chronology, NASA SP-4002, which provides an illustrated timeline of the Gemini project from 1959-1967.

A collection of contemporary copies of a McDonnell blueprint and related documents for the three-axis hand controller for a Gemini capsule. The blueprint measures 17 x 11 and is labeled “Specification Control Drawing—Grip Assembly, 3 Axes Controller,” with detailed schematics of the controller. It is stapled to several sheets including reports on both success and failure. Also included is a packet of copies of Change Notice Request forms, regarding the “SCD Grip Assembly (3 Axes Controller),” dated May 19, 1969.

In overall very good to fine condition, with light wear to the Gemini Chronology book.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Space
  • Dates: #619 - Ended October 21, 2021