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Three Gemini 5 Crew-Signed Photos -- Signed by Neil Armstrong & 47 More!

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Three Gemini 5 Crew-Signed Photos -- Signed by Neil Armstrong & 47 More!

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Auction Date:2013 Jul 23 @ 17:00 (UTC-7 : PDT/MST)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
Three Gemini 5 crew-signed photos, with 48 signatures in total. Each photo depicts separate mission control teams (each operating on an 8-hour shift), named the red, white and blue teams. These teams managed the Gemini mission from pre-flight testing to the successful completion of the mission itself. Lot comprises: (1) ''Red Team'' photo with a NASA ''MSC photo #S-65-45001'' marking and caption to verso reading in part: ''Members of the first shift, the 'Red Team' who manned the Mission Control Center during the Gemini V mission.'' 15 signatures in total: ''Jim M. McDivitt'', ''Chris Kraft'', ''Chuck Berry M.D.'', ''Paul Haney'', ''Perry Ealick'', ''Bill Platt'', ''Joe Roach'', ''Tom Carter'', ''Jerry Bostick'', ''Charles Parker'', ''Dick Glover'', ''Gerry Griffith'', ''Bill Gravett'', ''Ernie Randall'' and ''John Aaron''. (2) ''White Team'' photo with a ''NASA MSC photo #S-65-28497'' marking and caption to verso reading in part: ''Members of the second shift, the 'White Team' during the flight of Gemini V planned for August 21-29, 1965.'' 18 signatures in total: ''Neil Armstrong'', ''Buzz Aldrin'', ''Duane Catterson'', ''Will Fenner'', ''Dave Massaro'', ''Don Bray'', ''Al Chop'', ''Hank Stephenson'', ''John Aaron'', ''Bill Johnson'', ''Andy Piske'', ''Ron Cagle'', ''Russ Nickerson'', ''Larry Armstrong'', ''Andrew S. Davis'', ''Larry W. Keyser'', ''Dutch von Ehrenfried'', and ''Eugene F Kranz''. (3) ''Blue Team'' photo with a NASA ''MSC photo #S-65-45002'' marking and caption to verso reading: ''Members of the third shift, the 'Blue Team' who manned the Mission Control Center during the Gemini V mission.'' 15 signatures in total (starting with front row): ''Elliot See'', ''John D. Hodge'', ''Dave Scott'', ''Walter Arellano'', ''G Fred Kelly'', ''Terry White'', ''Ed Pavelka Jr.'', ''W Merlin Merritt'', ''Charles Harlan'', ''Arnold D. Aldrich'', ''Dick Schultheiss'', ''Bill Molnar'', ''Kenneth W. Russell'', ''John S Llewellyn'' and ''Douglass R. Wilson''. Each glossy photo measures 9.5'' x 7.25'', with fading to all, else very good condition. From the personal collection of NASA Flight Controller Manfred ''Dutch'' Von Ehrenfried.