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Views of Buzz Aldrin’s EVA over the Earth: Aldrin at the Agena work station and holding the spacecraft’s handhold, November 11-15, 1966
Camera on Gemini XII
Price Realised GBP 1,000
Price Realised GBP 1,000
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“Aldrin made three spacewalks during the mission and logged a total of five and a half hours outside, proving that astronauts could perform useful work in the vacuum of space without becoming exhausted” (Chaikin, Space, p. 70).
The first and third spacewalks were stand up EVAS, contrary to this second more complex EVA.
“At 42:48 GET, the hatch was opened for the second EVA. Aldrin was outside the spacecraft four minutes later, attached to a 9 meter umbilical cord. He first worked in the hatch and nose area, and then moved along a handrail he had installed to the adapter section where he used foot restraints and tethers to position himself in front of a work panel mounted on the rear of the adaptor where he performed 17 relatively simple manual tasks” (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-104A).
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During the second EVA, Aldrin “moved to the target vehicle adapter area and carried out a series of tasks, including use of a torque wrench while tethered. He attached a 30 meter long tether stowed in the GATV adapter to the Gemini adapter bar. About a dozen two-minute rest periods were scheduled during the EVA to prevent Aldrin from becoming overtaxed as happened to previous spacewalkers. Aldrin reentered the capsule at 12:33 p.m. and closed the hatch at 12:40 p.m. All tasks were accomplished and total EVA time was 2 hours 6 minutes” (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-104A).
“The whole purpose of Buzz Aldrin’s Extravehicular Activity was to see how well you can work in space. You can operate very nicely out there if you know what you’re doing and just slow down. You have to let zero gravity work for you, not against you.”
James Lovell (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 59)
“Aldrin made three spacewalks during the mission and logged a total of five and a half hours outside, proving that astronauts could perform useful work in the vacuum of space without becoming exhausted” (Chaikin, Space, p. 70).
The first and third spacewalks were stand up EVAS, contrary to this second more complex EVA.
“At 42:48 GET, the hatch was opened for the second EVA. Aldrin was outside the spacecraft four minutes later, attached to a 9 meter umbilical cord. He first worked in the hatch and nose area, and then moved along a handrail he had installed to the adapter section where he used foot restraints and tethers to position himself in front of a work panel mounted on the rear of the adaptor where he performed 17 relatively simple manual tasks” (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-104A).
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During the second EVA, Aldrin “moved to the target vehicle adapter area and carried out a series of tasks, including use of a torque wrench while tethered. He attached a 30 meter long tether stowed in the GATV adapter to the Gemini adapter bar. About a dozen two-minute rest periods were scheduled during the EVA to prevent Aldrin from becoming overtaxed as happened to previous spacewalkers. Aldrin reentered the capsule at 12:33 p.m. and closed the hatch at 12:40 p.m. All tasks were accomplished and total EVA time was 2 hours 6 minutes” (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1966-104A).
“The whole purpose of Buzz Aldrin’s Extravehicular Activity was to see how well you can work in space. You can operate very nicely out there if you know what you’re doing and just slow down. You have to let zero gravity work for you, not against you.”
James Lovell (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 59)
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Camera on Gemini XII
Views of Buzz Aldrin’s EVA over the Earth: Aldrin at the Agena work station and holding the spacecraft’s handhold, November 11-15, 1966
Estimate: GBP 1,500 - 2,500
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