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Gene Cernan

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Astronaut Gene Cernan performing the second American spacewalk during the Gemini IX-A mission, with Earth visible in the background.
Space & Astronomy

Astronaut Begins America's Second Spacewalk

Just months before Gene Cernan became the third person to walk in space, the original prime crew for Gemini IX, Elliot See and Charles Bassett, died in a plane crash on February 28, 1966, a stark remi

Jina Park·June 6, 2026