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Schweickart is photographed by Scott from the open hatch of the CM Gumdrop docked with the LM Spider. Schweickart is wearing an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) and standing in “golden slippers” on the LM porch. He holds, in his right hand, a thermal sample which he is retrieving from the LM exterior. Extravehicular transfer handrails on the LM are in the foreground. The LM ladder and footpad is visible at the bottom of picture.
From the mission transcript during the EVA:
073:38:40 McDivitt (Spider): Why don’t you come over and get the thermal sample and get it in so we won’t have to mess around with it.
073:38:44 Schweickart (PLSS): That’s a good idea; coming up. [...]
073:39:25 Schweickart (PLSS): Okay, hook it on down there and lock it. Dave, have you taken any pictures yet?
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Schweickart is standing in “golden slippers” on the LM porch. His visor reflects the docked CSM/LM spacecraft and the Earth. Extravehicular transfer handrails on the LM are visible in the foreground. The LM ladder and footpad is visible at the bottom of picture.
Schweickart was originally to transfer to the CSM Gumdrop for a rescue simulation to verify a way of getting from one spacecraft to the other if the tunnel were not available. However he stayed with Spider in part to avoid stress after his previous space sickness and this step was not completed beyond evaluating the specific extravehicular transfer handholds which Schweickart found to be easy for maneuvering. Mission Control considered this first, and the only one before the Moon landing, test of the spacesuits and PLSS a complete success.
During the EVA, Schweickart used the call sign “Red Rover”, a nod to the color of his hair.
From the mission transcript earlier in the EVA:
073:34:42 Schweickart (PLSS): Oh, that Sun is really bright! Houston, this is Red Rover. If you read me, I’m just going to call you in the blind here. The suit is very comfortable. I’m on MIN cooling, and I haven’t had any problem at all. The only thing that is warm at all are my hands, and they are just barely warm; they are not very hot at all.
073:35:07 Mission Control: Roger. Red Rover, this is Houston. We are reading you loud and clear. We are copying all transmissions. [...]
073:37:50 McDivitt (Spider): Rusty, why don’t you exercise the handrails just a little bit just to see how they w ork, and don’t go very far up.
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