“All of our spacewalks are designed really for two people; the system really isn’t made where it’s easy for three people,” Akers told collectSPACE. “That was a unique situation where we couldn’t get the capture bar on the Intelsat VI, and the ground [controllers] and our crew came up with the idea of three people going out. With the teamwork and great ground team support, it worked slick.”
Brian Duffy (at right) inducts Tom Akers into the US Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida on Saturday, May 16, 2026.
Credit: Kennedy Space Center Visitor
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