1965-10-25 USA Gemini 6 Mission Scrubbed

Gemini 6 official NASA cachet with a Kennedy Space Center machine cancel applied on October 25, 1965.
Photo: Thomas Stafford adjusting suit of Walter Schirra during training, October 23, 1965.
Photo: Interior of the Gemini 6 spacecraft.
Photo: An illustration of a series of Gemini 6 and Agena docking maneuvers.
The mission was cancelled due to a technical failure during the launch of the Agena rocket.
Photo: The Agena rocket for Gemini 6 to rendezvous in space, exploded in the sky shortly after launch.
Gemini 6 "Astro Covers" with a Cape Canaveral machine cancel applied on October 25, 1965.
Photo: Backup pilots of Gemini 6, Gus Grissom and John Young, wear "out of service" card on their suit, after the Agena rocket failed to launch.
USS Wasp was the designated recovery ship for the Gemini 6 mission that was scrubbed on October 25, 1965. Above cover with the rare USS Wasp hand cancel dated October 25, 1965.