Astronaut Autographs

Borman and Schirra 'Golden Ribbons'

This is a 16x20 uniquely framed photo of Gemini 7 from Gemini 6, during their rendezvous in space, the first ever, in Dec. 1965.

Gemini 7 can be distinguished from its twin by the trailing "golden ribbons" which were strips of primer cord from the pyrotechnic bolts used to separate the spacecraft from its booster.

Borman and Lovell reported that they cast mysterious shadows on the spacecraft's nose until Gemini 6 identified them.

Borman and Schirra, the mission commanders, have signed in silver.