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heng44
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posted 03-17-2018 04:03 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Gemini 6 backup pilot John Young tries to drain water from inside his spacesuit after parasail training in the Gulf of Mexico in August 1965.

ColinBurgess
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posted 03-17-2018 04:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ColinBurgess   Click Here to Email ColinBurgess     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I remember seeing this photograph in the newspapers at the time of John's Gemini training. It really is quite hilarious, even though the way he is posed served a very practical purpose. Keep 'em coming, Ed.

Michael Davis
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posted 03-17-2018 04:41 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Michael Davis   Click Here to Email Michael Davis     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Surprised that water in a suit would ever be a factor again after Gus Grissom's near death on MR 4. I assumed that the training teams would be hyper cautious to prevent that from happening again.

MCroft04
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posted 03-17-2018 07:57 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for MCroft04   Click Here to Email MCroft04     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
You're assuming the water came from outside the suit.

nasamad
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posted 03-18-2018 04:59 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for nasamad   Click Here to Email nasamad     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm more than happy to see a shot of Young that I've never seen before.

mikepf
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posted 03-23-2018 08:23 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mikepf   Click Here to Email mikepf     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Alternate caption, sumersaults are much easier in space.

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