1st American Walks in Space

Ed White outside of the capsule Gemini 4

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Ed White outside of the capsule Gemini 4

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor

On this day in 1965, American Astronaut  Major Edward H. White II opened the hatch of Gemini 4 and stepped out of the capsule becoming the first American to walk in space.