On June 7, 1965, after a four-day mission and 62 orbits, NASA's Gemini 4 mission returned to Earth with an Atlantic Ocean splashdown.
Gemini 4 was NASA's 10th manned spaceflight. It included the first spacewalk by an American astronaut. Edward H. White II floated outside the spacecraft for about 20 minutes. White was able to push himself out of the capsule by using a hand-held maneuvering oxygen-jet gun. After 3 minutes of this, the fuel ran out and White had to return to the spacecraft by pulling on the tether and twisting his body. This flight was the first in American history to perform scientific experiments in space, 11 in total.
Gemini 4 was NASA's 10th manned spaceflight. It included the first spacewalk by an American astronaut. Edward H. White II floated outside the spacecraft for about 20 minutes. White was able to push himself out of the capsule by using a hand-held maneuvering oxygen-jet gun. After 3 minutes of this, the fuel ran out and White had to return to the spacecraft by pulling on the tether and twisting his body. This flight was the first in American history to perform scientific experiments in space, 11 in total.
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00:00On this day in space.
00:04In 1965, after a four-day mission and 62 orbits, NASA's
00:08Gemini 4 mission returned to Earth with an Atlantic Ocean splashdown.
00:12Gemini 4 was NASA's tenth crewed spaceflight. It also included the first
00:16spacewalk by an American astronaut, Ed White, who floated outside the spacecraft
00:20for about 20 minutes. White was able to push himself out of the capsule
00:24by using a handheld maneuvering oxygen jet gun. After three
00:28minutes, the fuel ran out, and White had to return to the spacecraft by pulling on the
00:32tether and twisting his body. This flight was the first in American history to
00:36perform scientific experiments in space. Eleven in total.
00:40And that's what happened on this day in space.
00:44NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology