>So ... the "chain of evidence" for the pictures would be something like this:

NASA - Michael Collins' book - Ralph Rene - CosmicDave .

Of course - since Ralph Rene claims that both pictures are from the Collins book - all we have to do is to check the Collins book for the above pictures. Does any of you have that book (no title is mentioned) ?? <

Hi there,
my copy of Mike Collins book 'Carrying the Fire' which I presume is the one referred to, contains only one of the above three photographs, that which is numbered 1 (above). It is captioned 'The zero-G airplane - sickening!' and clearly shows it to have been taken inside an aircraft.
My edition was published in 2001 so whether earlier publications of the book contained anything else I couldn't say.
As this was the flight that he famously 'lost' the Hassleblad he was using during his EVA I suspect that pictures may be in short supply. Reading his account of the spacewalk his partner John Young may also have had his hands too occupied manoeuvering the spacecraft to keep station with an Agena target rocket to be taking photographs, so it may be that none actually exist for this particular event.
BTW, I believe that there is still a reward offered for the return of the camera. [img]/phpBB/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
Hope this helps
DK.