1965-10-25 USA Gemini 6 Mission Scrubbed

Two Gemini 6 covers featuring the official NASA cachet, postmarked with a Kennedy Space Center machine cancel on October 25, 1965. The mission was cancelled due to a technical failure during the launch of the Agena rocket.
Photo: Thomas Stafford adjusting Walter Schirra's space suit during training on October 23, 1965.
Photo: The interior of the Gemini 6 spacecraft.
Photo: An illustration of a series of Gemini 6 and Agena docking maneuvers.
Photo: The Agena rocket for Gemini 6 to rendezvous in space, exploded in the sky shortly after launch.
A Gemini 6 cover from "Astro Covers," postmarked at Cape Canaveral 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.
The USS Wasp was the designated recovery ship for the Gemini 6 mission, which was scrubbed on October 25, 1965. The cover above features the USS Wasp ship's cachet and a hand cancel dated October 25, 1965.