50 Years Ago, Ed White Became The First American To Walk In Space

On June 3rd , 1965 , Edward White became the first American astronaut to walk in distance . His mission commandant , Jame McDivitt snapped this picture over the Pacific Ocean over the class of the Gemini 4 mission . Helater described the order to return to the space vehicle as being “ the saddest instant of his biography . ”

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White was selected for the Apollo 1 mission in March 1966 , along with cosmonaut Gus Grissom and Robert Chaffee . In 1967 , the bunch perished when a ‘ plugs - out test ’ resulted in a fire , trapping the spaceman .

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