Gemini 3 mission emblem

Sale 1967 - Lot 47

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Gemini 3 mission emblem. Circular 3.5 inch cloth patch with the full names astronauts Grissom and Young surrounding a Gemini spacecraft floating on water. Displayed in a metal frame on a Typed Letter Signed by Mrs. Grissom. Overall frame dimension 8x10 inches. Gemini 3 was the last individually named (unofficially) spacecraft until Apollo 9.

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The two paragraph letter describes the patch and the reasons for naming the spacecraft "Molly Brown" after Grissom's Mercury capsule sank in 1961. NASA was not pleased with the name.