Gemini 8 space flown heatshield 8x10 presentation patch Among the earliest known examples

Among the earliest known examples of personal correspondence delivered to the occupied station

Yuri Malenchenko and Alexander Kaleri who was removed from the crew and flew later

providing both provenance and an extraordinary visual connection to its mission

Together with Jeffrey Williams and German ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter

Postmarked in space on April 12

Gemini 8 space flown heatshield 8x10 presentation patch Among the earliest known examplesGemini 8 Neil Armstrong and David Scott Heatshield material mounted on an 8x10 presentation certified on the backside. 3 months after Gemini 6 and 7 the Gemini 8 spacecraft with the two astronauts Armstrong and Scott has launched to perform a docking with an unmanned "Agena target vehicle" launched one and a half hour earlier. After five orbits Gemini 8 and the Agena flew in formation for half an hour before docking. For another half an hour the two