Thomas Stafford A view of Gemini 7 from Gemini 6A spacecraft during the first ever rendezvous of two spacecraft in space, taken from a distance of approximately 40 feet, Gemini 6A and 7, 15 December 1965 Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper, 25.3 x 20.5 cm (10 x 8 in), RED NUMBERED NASA S-65-63219, with A KODAK PAPER watermark on verso (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center)Footnotes: During the Gemini 6A flight, Walter Schirra, a space veteran by now, piloted the craft while Thomas Stafford photographed, capturing the first images of a spacecraft taken with a handheld camera from another spacecraft. We reviewed the pictures after we got back. When we saw their clarity - the lighting, the sun angle, and everything - we realized that they described it very well. The mission will be there in history forever - Thomas Stafford (The View from Space, p. 50)