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. |