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posted July 27, 2007 09:19 PM               

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The Gemini Astronaut Maneuvering Unit Ready Reference Handbook was online until late 2005, early 2006. Fortunately, the Wayback Machine saved most, if not all of its pages and images, which can be accessed here.

Around the same time as that website went offline, I helped a cS reader sell his two AMUs, one flight configuration unit and a trainer. The flight unit is now on display at the Stafford Air & Space Museum in Oklahoma.

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton also had a unit on display.

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posted July 30, 2007 02:18 PM               

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It's too bad the original isn't still online because it had some nice drawings. I printed it out, but didn't think to save it at the time.

Cheers,

Kevin

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posted July 31, 2007 11:50 AM               

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Sorry, I'd offer to scan them, but in the version I printed, the diagrams are very small and inline with the text. I should've printed them separately, but apparently didn't take the ephemeral nature of the internet into consideration.

Cheers,

Kevin

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posted August 01, 2007 06:47 AM               

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There are a number of drawings, photographs, and schematics of the AMU in Manned space-flight experiments, Gemini IX MISSION Interim report, starting at page 75 of the PDF file; the discussion of the AMU and how it was to be used in the mission starts at page 54 of the PDF. The photos in this doc are much better than your standard NTRS-scanned-report fare.

I also have some digital photos I took of the AMU the last time I was to the Air Force Museum that I could email you if you like.

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