• Gemini Spacewalkers on Apollo Moonwalks

    From Snidely@snidely.too@gmail.com to sci.space.policy,sci.space.history on Wed Jun 19 16:43:36 2024
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    Am I correct that only 2 Apollo astronauts had done EVAs prior to
    landing on the moon? That would be Aldrin (11) and Cernan (17).

    Scott (15) was supposed to do an EVA on Gemini 8, but the flight was terminated after an issue with a prior objective (docking to an Agena
    target) resulted in de-activating the OAMS and activating the RCS.

    The count seems to be 3 CMPs that had done Gemini EVAs ... Cernan (10), Collins (11), and Gordon (12).

    Stafford (10), Armstrong (11), Lovell (13), and Young (16) were the
    IVAs for the Gemini EVAs that went on to fly on Apollo, and 2 of them
    did moonwalks.

    /dps
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