On December 15, 1965, the Gemini VI spacecraft flew into space to rendezvous with the Gemini VII spacecraft.
It was the first time that two spacecraft met in space, known as the Gemini 6 rendezvous.
The crew of Gemini 6 (Walter Schirra and Tom Stafford) smuggled a tiny harmonica and tiny bells into the spacecraft.
On December 16th in the morning, after the astronauts' sleep phase was over, Commander Pilot Walter Schirra surprised the ground crew Capcom and the crew of Gemini VII (Frank Borman and Jim Lovell) with a small harmonica "concert".
Schirra claimed to have spotted an unidentifiable object traveling south from the North Pole ..... (santa claus)
Shortly thereafter, the music of Jingle Bells played on a small 4-hole 8-note harmonica (known as Hohner's Little Lady) was heard over the radio.
It was the first time a musical instrument had been played by humans in space.
As a tribute to this special event I have made a couple of small harmonica variations.
On my YouTube channel you can also watch a short 4-part video series about this unique event.
1965 年 12 月 15 日,双子座六号飞船飞入太空,与双子座七号飞船会合。
这是两个航天器首次在太空中相遇,被称为双子座六号交会。
双子座 6 号的乘员(沃尔特-席拉和汤姆-斯塔福德)将一个小口琴和小铃铛偷运到飞船上。
12 月 16 日上午,在宇航员的睡眠阶段结束后,指挥官飞行员沃尔特-希拉为地面机组人员卡普空和双子座七号机组人员(弗兰克-博尔曼和吉姆-洛弗尔)举办了一场小型口琴 "音乐会",给他们带来了惊喜。
施拉声称发现了一个从北极向南飞行的不明物体 ..... (圣诞老人)
不久之后,广播中传出了用一个 4 孔 8 音的小口琴(Hohner 公司称之为 "小淑女")演奏的《铃儿响叮当》音乐。
这是人类第一次在太空中演奏乐器。
为了向这一特殊事件致敬,我制作了一些小口琴变奏曲。
在我的 YouTube 频道上,您还可以观看由 4 部分组成的有关这一独特事件的系列视频短片。