Wednesday, January 15, 2020

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A perilous spacewalk. Gene Cernan is in the midst of a strenuous 2 hour & 7 minute spacewalk on Gemini 9A, June 1966. The plan was for Mr. Cernan to strap himself in an Astronaut Maneuvering Unit (AMU) which would allow him controlled flight, independent of the spacecraft’s life support system. However this task wasn’t able to be completed during these early pioneering days of spacewalks. Cernan experienced high cardiac stress, overheating & fatigue during the EVA. His arduous experience is depicted in the excellent ‘The Last Man on the Moon’ documentary on Netflix.

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