g09+_v_bw_o_n (official USAF photo, no. 103-66-6)
“Major Edward R. Givens, Project Officer for the Air Force’s Astronaut Maneuvering Unit (AMU), demonstrates the AMU’s propulsion system. Astronaut Eugene Cernan will test the AMU during his extravehicular activity on the up-coming Gemini 9 mission for the Air Force. The AMU contains all systems necessary for a man to operated in space independently of a mother spacecraft and is a step toward developing a capability for space repair, maintenance, assembly, docking, transfer and rescue. Air Force System’s Command’s Space Systems Division manages development of the AMU for the Department of Defense.”
g09+_v_bw_o_n (official USAF photo, no. 103-66-6)
“Major Edward R. Givens, Project Officer for the Air Force’s Astronaut Maneuvering Unit (AMU), demonstrates the AMU’s propulsion system. Astronaut Eugene Cernan will test the AMU during his extravehicular activity on the up-coming Gemini 9 mission for the Air Force. The AMU contains all systems necessary for a man to operated in space independently of a mother spacecraft and is a step toward developing a capability for space repair, maintenance, assembly, docking, transfer and rescue. Air Force System’s Command’s Space Systems Division manages development of the AMU for the Department of Defense.”