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Gemini 4 - Recovery Ship Cover Signed by Both

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
Gemini 4 - Recovery Ship Cover Signed by Both
<B>Gemini 4 - Recovery Ship Cover Signed</B></I> by Command Pilot "<I>James A. McDivitt</B></I>" and Pilot "<I>Edward H White II</B></I>". Postmarked on June 7, 1965 aboard the U.S.S. <I>Wasp</B></I> CVS-18, the ship that recovered Gemini 4 and its astronauts. The cover features the official ship cachet with the facsimile signature of Commanding Officer J. W. Longer, the exact location, date, time, a capsule graphic, and the ship's insignia. The cover is hand-addressed to "<I>Dr. Owen Coons/ NASA/ Houston, Tex</B></I>" in what might be the handwriting of Ed White. This was the flight in which White became the first American to "walk in space" in a 20 minute EVA on June 3. He was tragically killed in the January 1967 Apollo 1 training accident. McDivitt also was commander on the Apollo 9 mission. About fine condition with some light crinkling. <I>From the estate of Dr. D. Owen Coons, Chief of NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center Medical Office.</B></I><BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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