05.06.1966 o 15:04 UTC rozpoczął się drugi amerykański spacer kosmiczny i trwał 127 minut.
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Podczas EVA Gene Cernan złamał antenę eksperymentalną zamontowaną na Gemini 9A i rozerwał zewnętrzne warstwy skafandra.
NASA History Office @NASAhistory 3:30 PM · Jun 5, 2026
60 years ago today, NASA took a pivotal step toward mastering spacewalking. After Ed White’s groundbreaking spacewalk in 1965, NASA's next attempt pushed the limits of human endurance.
On June 5, 1966, Gene Cernan undertook America’s ambitious second spacewalk, battling a stiff suit, limited maneuverability, and extreme heat. Though the EVA was cut short, the challenges he faced helped shape the future of spacewalk design and safety.
https://x.com/NASAhistory/status/2062889678118793328https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/first-steps-americas-grueling-second-spacewalk/Almost Blind and Completely Exhausted: Gene Cernan’s Disastrous Gemini SpacewalkJun 04, 2021 ByMichael Neufeld
(...) Finally, he made all the required connections, but he was sweating so profusely his visor fogged over. He could only use the tip of his nose to rub out a small zone of visibility. His heart began racing dangerously. Rather than letting him fly the AMU, Stafford ordered him to quit. Almost blind, Cernan slowly dragged himself back to the cockpit, where getting in and closing the hatch proved to be another nightmare. He was “in excruciating pain” as he bent the suit to sit down, assisted by Stafford. After a difficult struggle, they closed the hatch and repressurized after being out for two hours. When Cernan popped open his visor, he looked as red as a boiled lobster. Stafford took the water gun for drinking and rehydrating food packages and squirted him in the face, even though globules of water floated around the cockpit and could short out electronics. Before the flight, chief astronaut Deke Slayton had talked with Stafford about throwing overboard an incapacitated or dying Cernan in an emergency. Stafford later said he wouldn’t have done it, but he would have had no choice. (...)
https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/almost-blind-and-completely-exhausted-gene-cernans-disastrous-gemini-spacewalk
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