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Topic: Photo of the week 371 (December 10, 2011)
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heng44
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posted 12-10-2011 02:47 AM
   
 Gemini 12 onboard photo, taken by command pilot Jim Lovell during revolution 28 on November 13, 1966, showing pilot Buzz Aldrin during his EVA. Ed Hengeveld |
Mike Z
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posted 12-10-2011 07:16 AM
Outstanding and beautiful photo!!! We were still taking our baby steps out of the spacecraft. Those days were so exciting with our eyes looking to the moon!! We still had a lot to learn!! THANK YOU Ed for posting it. Gemini was so exciting and many people forget all about it! |
ilbasso
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From: Greensboro, NC USA
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posted 12-10-2011 08:04 AM
I wonder what Buzz would have thought at the time if you told him that the next time he went out into vacuum, he'd be walking on the Moon... |
APG85
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posted 12-10-2011 08:31 AM
Wonder where his Gemini 12 EVA suit is... in storage? |
LM-12
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posted 12-10-2011 08:35 AM
Thank you James Lovell for taking a nice series of EVA photos on Gemini 12.Is the photo oriented the way Lovell would have seen Aldrin out the window? |
heng44
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posted 12-10-2011 09:27 AM
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Originally posted by LM-12:
Is the photo oriented the way Lovell would have seen Aldrin out the window?
No, it is upside-down in relation to Lovell's position. It is also cropped.Lovell apparently had difficulty aiming his camera: Aldrin is partially out of frame in most of the pictures. |
LM-12
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posted 12-10-2011 09:35 AM
Considering the small Gemini window Lovell had to shoot through, I think he did pretty well. These restorations are appreciated Ed. |
davidcwagner
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posted 12-10-2011 03:54 PM
Was Buzz the first person to go EVA on two different flights? |
Henry Heatherbank
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posted 12-10-2011 05:28 PM
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Originally posted by davidcwagner:
Was Buzz the first person to go EVA on two differet flights?
Yes he was. Followed by Pete Conrad (Gemini XI counting exposure to vacuum as an EVA, Apollo 12) and Dave Scott (Apollo 9 SEVA and Apollo 15 SEVA), then Gene Cernan (Gemini IX-A, Apollo 17). Which brings us to another interesting statistic, if you think about it: Dave Scott was the first person to conduct 3 EVAs (on Apollo 15's EVA 1) and then 4 and 5. |
LM-12
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posted 12-10-2011 05:53 PM
Jim McDivitt was exposed to an EVA vacuum on Gemini 4 and Apollo 9. |
Robert Pearlman
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posted 12-10-2011 05:56 PM
By U.S. standards though, exposure to the vacuum of space is not considered going EVA. Pre-shuttle, your body (or some part thereof) would have needed to exit the vehicle; during shuttle, your spacesuit would need to be switched to internal power. |
LM-12
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posted 12-10-2011 08:00 PM
Unofficially, if you stayed inside the spacecraft - like Lovell - you could call it an internal EVA. I have seen it referred to as an "intra-vehicular activity" or IVA. |
Henry Heatherbank
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posted 12-10-2011 08:44 PM
Okay, using the pre-Shuttle exclusion of simply being exposed to vacuum not being an EVA, then McDivitt and Conrad lose out, as does John Young who stayed fully inside the Apollo 9 CSM. The first astronauts to conduct multiple EVAs on different missions are, in order: - Aldrin (Gemini XII, Apollo 11)
- Scott (Apollo 9 SEVA, Apollo 15 SEVA);
- Cernan (Gemini IX-A, Apollo 17);
- Conrad (Apollo 12, SL-2)
Scott is still the first to do 3, 4 and 5 EVAs, unless I have overlooked something. |
LM-12
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posted 12-10-2011 08:59 PM
Dave Scott was scheduled to perform an EVA on Gemini 8. |
moorouge
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posted 12-11-2011 08:38 AM
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Originally posted by Henry Heatherbank:
...as does John Young who stayed fully inside the Apollo 9 CSM.
Young on Apollo 9? |
garymilgrom
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From: Atlanta, GA
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posted 12-11-2011 03:49 PM
Is the white mist behind Aldrin some surrounding oxygen or a reflection in the window? Speaking of which, do we know this shot was taken out the window as opposed to out the door?Thanks Ed for another fine image. |
Henry Heatherbank
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posted 12-12-2011 03:06 AM
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Originally posted by moorouge:
Young on Apollo 9?
Sorry, absolute brain-failure on that one. You are quite right. |
heng44
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From: Netherlands
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posted 12-12-2011 04:44 AM
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Originally posted by garymilgrom:
Is the white mist behind Aldrin some surrounding oxygen or a reflection in the window?
This photo was taken through Lovell's window, so probably a reflection... |
Lou Chinal
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posted 12-19-2011 01:40 AM
I would love to se this photo uncropped, as Lovell saw it. |
heng44
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posted 12-19-2011 08:43 AM
Here you go, Lou. |
Gilbert
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posted 12-19-2011 01:57 PM
Amazing. |
Lou Chinal
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From: Staten Island, NY
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posted 12-19-2011 06:36 PM
Ditto Gilbert.Thanks Ed. |
LM-12
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From: Ontario, Canada
Registered: Oct 2010
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posted 12-23-2011 08:32 PM
It looks like this Gemini video clip number FTV-0002722 from footagevault was taken at the same time as the Aldrin photo above.Aldrin holds up two messages in the video: one is NOV 11 VETS DAY and the other is GO ARMY BEAT NAVY, the latter a response to the BEAT ARMY message on Gemini 6A. |
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