GEMINI 4 SPACE CAPSULE MODEL, RARE CODE 3, new in box

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Please note: My poor health has finally got the best of me and I can no longer ship packages without the help of someone else. I will now only ship packages on Friday. Any payment received after Friday morning means that item(s) will not be shipped until the following Friday. T will be times that my health will be better and I might be able to get packages shipped sooner than Friday. If for some reason, you do not like the new changes in my shipping methods, please do not bid. Thank you for understanding. GEMINI 4 SPACE CAPSULE MODEL You are looking at a very RARE CODE 3 GEMINI 4 SPACE CAPSULE.Comes with all the original paper work. Has only been taken out of the box once to take photos and scan paper work. Gemini 4 (officially Gemini IV) was a June 1965 manned space flight in NASA's Gemini program. It was the 2nd manned Gemini flight, the 10th manned American flight and the 18th space flight of all time (includes X-15 flights over 100 km). It was crewed by James McDivitt and Edward White.Gemini 4 would be the first multi-day space flight by the United States, designed to show that it was possible for humans to remain in space for the length of time required to fly the moon and back.A second objective for the four-day, 62-orbit mission was for Gemini 4 to rendezvous and fly in formation with the spent second stage of its Titan II booster rocket.And although not originally scheduled for this mission, Gemini 4 would also see the first ever American Extra-vehicular activity (EVA, known popularly as a space walk). NASA moved up the original schedule after Aleksei Leonov on Voskhod 2 the previous March performed the first EVA ever, lest the US appear to be falling behind the Soviets in the space race.Gemini 4 would set a record for flight duration, and ease fears about the medical consequences of longer missions. It also would also be the first use of the new Mission Control center outside Houston, which because of the flight's long duration, had to conduct three-shift operations. Gemini was designed by a Canadian, Jim Chamberlin, formerly the chief aerodynamicist on the Avro Arrow fighter interceptor program with Avro Canada. Chamberlin joined NASA along with 25 senior Avro engineers after cancellation of the Arrow program, and became head of the U.S. Space Task Groupâe(tm)s engineering division in charge of Gemini. The main contractor was McDonnell, which had lost out on main contracts for the Apollo Project. McDonnell sought to extend the program by proposing a Gemini craft which could be used to fly a cislunar mission and even achieve a manned lunar landing earlier and at less cost than Apollo, but these proposals were rejected. The Gemini program cost $5.4 billion. Base = 3.125" long by 1.125" wide Capsule = 4" wide from the bottom and 4.5" tallThis is a Wonderful, Awesome, Replica of the GEMINI 4 Command Module, Capsule. It is fully detailed throughout the interior and exterior. It comes with a removable door and solid display stand. This is a must for anyone who loves the space exploration or the space program.This item comes from a pet and dust free environment.This model is hand casted and painted and will be shipped in large cardboard box. Fitted styrofoam surround each, with ties securing the major components. This model's base is packed at the bottom of the styrofoam case, in its own divided section. I will ship it to you as if it was in an iron safe. DON'T LET THISONE SLIP BY YOU.THIS WONDERFUL CODE 3GEMINI 4 MODELIS A MUST FOR ANYASTRONAUT/GEMINI 4/MOONWALKER MODEL COLLECTOR. (From the CollectSPACE) Code 3 Collectibles were jointly developed with the Smithsonian Institution, the artists at Code 3 Collectibles had two goals: recreate historic moments in space history with more detail and at a lower price point than their closest competition."T are many 'air' models in the marketplace at every detail level, material (die cast, wood, model kit) and price," commented Erin McMahon, spokesperson for Code 3 Collectibles in an interview wi... read more

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