suspected was the problem. then the gemini started spinning very rapidly. and then we figured out, oh, it's the gemini. >> what seems to be the problem? >> we're rolling up and we can't turn anything off. >> did he say he could not turn the agena off? >> no, he said he had separated from the agena, and he did a roll, and they can't stop it. >> the only way they were able to get out of this thing was for him to fire his thruster. >> stop the spinning spacecraft before it spun so much they passed out. >> we got down alive and neil said, i think we'll both have another chance, and we did. >> the leak in space, cbs news coverage of gemini 9, 2 1/2 hour walk in space, reporting from the cbs news space center, correspondent walter cronkite. >> the spacewalk is over. the hatch has been locked closed