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Author	Topic: Photo of the week 937 (October 8, 2022)
heng44 Member Posts: 3621 From: Netherlands Registered: Nov 2001	posted 10-07-2022 01:49 PM Fish-eye camera lens depicts the final launch preparations for Gemini 9 in the white room atop Launch Complex 19 at Cape Kennedy on June 1, 1966. Astronauts Tom Stafford and Gene Cernan are inside the spacecraft with the hatches closed. This launch attempt was postponed because the ground electronics command system was unable to send parameters to the Gemini 9 spacecraft onboard computer.
oly Member Posts: 1424 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2015	posted 10-07-2022 07:10 PM Thanks for posting yet another great image Ed, I find these images to be a fascinating and valuable reflection of the past and a great token of appreciation toward all who participated.
MCroft04 Member Posts: 1791 From: Smithfield, Me, USA Registered: Mar 2005	posted 10-08-2022 09:44 PM Gemini; my favorite!
randy Member Posts: 2609 From: West Jordan, Utah USA Registered: Dec 1999	posted 10-09-2022 08:23 AM It looks as crowded and claustrophobic as I'd heard!
Jonnyed Member Posts: 575 From: Dumfries, VA, USA Registered: Aug 2014	posted 10-12-2022 06:25 PM A particularly cool photo because of the fish-eye lens. Awesome.

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