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| 1965 GT-7 launch cover with Orbit Covers cachet cover, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on launch day December 4, 1965. Signed by James Lovell and Frank Borman. |
Gemini 7 (GT-7), launched on December 4, 1965, was crewed by Frank F. Borman and James A. Lovell. Gemini 7 was originally intended to fly after Gemini 6, but the original Gemini 6 mission was cancelled after the failure during launch of the
Agena Target Vehicle with which it was meant to rendezvous and dock. However the objective of rendezvous was one of Gemini's primary goals. It was decided that Gemini 6 would launch days after Gemini 7, using the latter as the rendezvous target. The original mission of Gemini 7 changed little with these new plans as it was always planned to be a long duration flight, investigating the effects of a fortnight in space on the human body.
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| Photo: Electrodes were attached to Frank Borman's head during the 14-day space flight. Data gathered from the electrodes will help doctors understand the effects of weightlessness on alertness, consciousness and sleep. |
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| Photo: James Lovell and Frank Borman go through another check at Cape Kennedy a day before their blast-off on December 4, 1965. |
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| Gemini 7 official NASA cachet on cover with a Kennedy Space Center machine cancel. |
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| Photo: Backup pilots (Edward White and Michael Collins) check the equipment on the Gemini 7 spacecraft on the launch day morning. |
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| Gemini 7 launch cover with Swanson cachet, postmarked at Cape Canaveral on launch day December 4, 1965. Signed by James Lovell and Frank Borman. |
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| Photo: A closer view of the Gemini 6a spacecraft during rendezvous with the Gemini 7 spacecraft. |
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| Photo: "Frank Borman and James Lovell proved that two men could endure a cramped spacecraft and remain on speaking terms. Their 14-day Gemini 7 flight equaled the time necessary for a round trip to the Moon." |
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| Photo: Gemini 7 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean on December 18, 1965. |
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| Gemini 7 USS Wasp recovery ship cover (letter enclosed) addressed to Dwight Owen Coons, the Deputy Medical Director at the NASA Manned Spacecraft Center. |
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| Photo: James Lovell and Frank Borman hoisted from the life raft to the recovery helicopter. |
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| Post cards of Gemini 7 USS Wasp recovery ship. |
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| Gemini 7 USS Wasp recovery ship cover with Beck rubber stamped cachet. Signed by Frank Borman and James Lovell. |
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| Beck printed cachet cover B604 was meant for USS Waldron, but this one went to USS Wasp. |
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| Photo: James Lovell and Frank Borman aboard USS Wasp. |
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| USS Wasp hand cancel on cover with the ship's cachet. |
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| Photo: James Lovell having his first meal onboard USS Wasp since returning from his record-breaking space flight. |
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| Gemini 7 USS Wasp Captain's cover signed by Frank Borman and Air Boss, Cdr. Donald Brooks Hall. |
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| Gemini 7 USS Wasp Captain's cover with corner card, hand signed by the ship's commanding officer, Captain Gordon E. Hartley and Helo Recovery Pilot, Cdr. Norman H. McLaughlin. |
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| USS Wasp CVS-18 patch to commemorate the recovery of Gemini 4, 6 & 7 missions, manufactured by Hilborn Hamburger. |
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| Photo: Frank Borman and James Lovell greeted by the Gemini 6A crew, Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra. |
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| Photo: "JAPANESE PREMIER EISAKU SATO receives a color picture of the Gemini rendezvous in space from Gemini 7's command pilot FRANK BORMAN in Tokyo today. Borman and Walter Schirra, who was command pilot of Gemini 6, visited the premier as part of their goodwill tour of the Far East. AP Wirephoto. February 25, 1966." |
(Reference from
Gemini 7)
