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Topic: Gemini 6A: Trailing 'wires' from spacecraft
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Paul78zephyr
Member Posts: 678
From: Hudson, MA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 12-14-2015 06:37 PM
  
Several photographs taken by Gemini 7 of Gemini 6A show the spacecraft from the rear with some kind of "wires" trailing from the back of the adapter module. Was this intended? Did other Gemini spacecraft also have these 'wires'?Upon close examination there appears to be a rod of some type from the rear with two small guy wires from the end of the rod to the outer circumference of the adapter module. The wires I am referring to seem to be caught in the guy wires.  |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 1488
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 12-14-2015 07:23 PM
It was not intended. It is the remains of the separation system. And it was likely that other missions had them. |
dtemple
Member Posts: 730
From: Longview, Texas, USA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 12-14-2015 08:08 PM
I suspect later missions did not have these trailing straps. These would - just an opinion on my part - possibly present a potential hazard for EVA operations with the AMU which was stored in the aft end of the adapter. It was planned to be tested on Gemini 8 and later missions. I suspect the straps were mentioned not simply as a "by the way" observation but because they were not supposed to be there. |
LM-12
Member Posts: 3324
From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 12-14-2015 09:03 PM
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Originally posted by Paul78zephyr:
Several photographs taken by Gemini 7 of Gemini 6A
That image is a photo taken by Gemini 6A of Gemini 7. |
Paul78zephyr
Member Posts: 678
From: Hudson, MA
Registered: Jul 2005
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posted 12-14-2015 09:15 PM
Thank you for that clarification. |
Headshot
Member Posts: 891
From: Vancouver, WA, USA
Registered: Feb 2012
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posted 12-15-2015 06:45 AM
I believe that the crew of one of the missions prior to Gemini 7/6, probably Gemini 4 or 5, reported that something "slapped" a cockpit window during spacecraft sep from the second stage or during an OAMS burn.Engineers speculated that it might have been caused by a length of this plastic tape-like material from the back of the equipment module. I do not recall any mention of similar material encountered during the EVAs on Geminis 9A through 12. |
Jim Behling
Member Posts: 1488
From: Cape Canaveral, FL
Registered: Mar 2010
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posted 12-15-2015 08:58 AM
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Originally posted by Headshot:
I do not recall any mention of similar material encountered during the EVAs on Geminis 9A through 12.
Scott mentioned that he was going to "clean up" things during Gemini 8 EVAs. |
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