An original 8x10" vintage TYPE 1 photo from a large collection of original, official NASA mission photographs from the estate of NASA's Clark C. McClelland (1936-2021).

McClelland worked as an ScO ("Ground Astronaut") on hundreds of manned and unmanned U.S. space missions during his 34 years (1958-1992) with NASA at Cape Canaveral in Florida and was a member of the Mercury, Gemini, Skylab, and Apollo teams. Professionally packaged in a rigid mailer for safe delivery.

Photo Overview

Thomas P. Stafford is depicted in this photograph, taken on May 11, 1965, during preparations for his role as command pilot for NASA's Gemini 9 mission. He is shown in his space suit, smiling, likely inside the suiting-up trailer at Complex 16, Kennedy Space Center, Florida, where a simulated launch demonstration test was conducted.

Thomas P. Stafford is a retired NASA astronaut and Air Force general who made significant contributions to space exploration. He flew on four NASA missions: Gemini 6A, Gemini 9A, Apollo 10, and Apollo-Soyuz Test Project. Gemini 9 faced challenges, including a complex spacewalk and an unrealized docking maneuver, shaping future mission protocols and training.

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Gemini 9 astronaut Thomas P. Stafford, command pilot for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's three-day orbital mission is being suited at Complex 16 suiting up trailer during a simulated launch demonstration test.

Condition: Good to excellent vintage condition. Please see photos for scans of the surface. Photo may have natural curling from age.