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  "publishedAt": "2026-06-05T15:47:27.000Z",
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    "Eugene A. Cernan",
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  "textContent": "One year after Gemini IV astronaut Edward H. White completed NASA’s first spacewalk the agency prepared for a demanding second excursion. Originally scheduled for Gemini VIII, the extravehicular activity (EVA) was reassigned to Gemini IX-A after that mission ended early, with Gene Cernan taking on the task. On June 5, 1966—the mission’s third day—Cernan exited […]\n\nThe post First Steps: America’s Grueling Second Spacewalk appeared first on NASA Science.",
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