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heng44
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posted 10-28-2023 03:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for heng44   Click Here to Email heng44     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote

Astronauts Buzz Aldrin (left) and Ted Freeman suit up at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston for a Gemini press event on October 30, 1964. Freeman sadly died in an aircraft accident the following day.

Kite
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posted 10-28-2023 07:33 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Kite     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
What a poignant photo Ed and what a contrast that fate can deliver.

Rick Mulheirn
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posted 10-28-2023 03:08 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rick Mulheirn     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Wow!

Tom
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posted 10-28-2023 06:54 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Tom   Click Here to Email Tom     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
When that photo was taken, the "long term" plans for the Gemini program had Ted Freeman as pilot on Gemini 12 (alongside Tom Stafford) and Buzz Aldrin was Freeman's back-up (alongside Elliot See).

Steven Kaplan
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posted 10-29-2023 11:37 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Steven Kaplan   Click Here to Email Steven Kaplan     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Ed, I enjoy your photos each week, but this one is particularly striking in view of the fates of Aldrin and Freeman.

mach3valkyrie
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posted 10-29-2023 05:52 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mach3valkyrie   Click Here to Email mach3valkyrie     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Great photo! Too many "What ifs" to count.

David C
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posted 10-30-2023 04:51 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for David C     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That is quite a picture.

Philip
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posted 11-03-2023 03:30 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Philip   Click Here to Email Philip     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Thanks for sharing Ed, another Gemini era NASA image most of us have never seen!

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