4.6K views · 116 reactions | On June 3, 1965, NASA astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space. White left the safety of his Gemini 4 spacecraft equipped with a spacesuit, a tether and a small gas gun for maneuvering. The spacewalk occurred just months after the first-ever spacewalk by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, on March 18, 1965. White floated near the spacecraft for about 23 minutes. | Space.com | Facebook

35K views · 337 reactions | Miles above the Earth, Major Edward H. White II opened the hatch of the Gemini 4 and stepped out of the capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to walk in space on #ThisDayInHistory in 1965. https://www.history.com/topics/space-exploration *Astronaut Edward White communicating with control as he floats in space above Earth during Gemini IV mission spacewalk; 1965 | HISTORY | Facebook

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