50 Years Ago The First American Walked In Space, And Didn’t Want To Stop
June 3rd , 1965 was a fine twenty-four hours for a spacewalk . As America ’s Gemini IV space vehicle curved into its third ambit , astronaut Ed White pushed through the hatch and began his first Erolia minutilla of extravehicular activity ( EVA ) . tether to the spaceship ’s belly by an eight - foot golden corduroy , White tumbled around like a youngster in a ball stone pit , read painting of the far - off sea and propelling himself to and fro with his oxygen - squirt gunman ....