Official color semi-glossy 9.5 x 7 NASA photo of the Augmented Target Docking Adaptor, appearing like an 'angry alligator,' floating high above Earth during the Gemini 9 mission, affixed to its original 14 x 11 presentation mount, which is entitled at the top, “The Performer,” and signed around the borders in black ink and felt tip by 56 NASA personnel and mission control members, which includes Gene Kranz, who adds “‘White Flight,’” Don Puddy, Glynn S. Lunney, Jerry Bostick, Bill Moon, Dick Koos, Jim Hannigan, Ed Pavelka, Chuck Deiterich, Carl Shelley, Will Fenner, Maureen Bower, John O’Neill, John Wegener, Dick Roundtree, Will Robinson, Lois Ransdell, Stew Davis, Anne Accola, Denny Holt, Hershel Perkins, Kenneth W. Russell, Cecil Dorsey, and more. In fine condition, with toning from prior display, and slight fading to the image. Originates from the estate of Melvin F. Brooks, a longtime NASA employee who served as the Agena Flight Controller during Project Gemini and Assistant Chief of Experiments Systems/Payload Operations for the Apollo Program, and was praised for his role in the Spacecraft Analysis (SPAN) Room during Apollo 13.
