Portrait of the first American spacewalker Edward White [Large Format]; the crew aboard the recovery ship; President Johnson in Houston after the historic mission, May-June 1965
NASA [Gemini IV]
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Portrait of the first American spacewalker Edward White [Large Format]; the crew aboard the recovery ship; President Johnson in Houston after the historic mission, May-June 1965
85 a “A computer malfunction on the 48th revolution made the planned computer-controlled reentry impossible. A zero-lift ballistic reentry, similar to that used by the Mercury program, was started at the beginning of revolution 62 with retrofire at 11:56:00 a.m. EST on June 7. Gemini 4 splashed down 16 minutes later at 12:12:11 in the western Atlantic, 27.73 N, 74.18 W, 81 km from the target. Total elapsed mission time was 97:56:12. The crew were recovered by helicopter and flown to the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp at 1:09 p.m. and the capsule was recovered at 2:28 p.m” (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=1965-043A).
85 b President Lyndon B. Johnson (center) during his visit to the Space Center after the Gemini IV flight. The President’s wife “Lady Bird” Johnson (right) congratulates Ed White’s wife Patricia Finegan. Astronaut Frank Borman is to the left and NASA administrator James Webb to the right. Also present were the Gemini IV astronauts Ed White and James McDivitt, MSC Director Robert Gilruth and NASA associate administrator Robert Seamans. A framed picture of White’s “spacewalk” was given the President.
85 c One of the great heroes of the American space program.
Astronaut Edward White in spacesuit poses with a model of the Gemini-Titan rocket and the American flag. White became the first American to perform an EVA and was selected as a prime crewmember for the first Apollo 1 mission in 1966. He died in the Apollo/Saturn 204 fire at Cape Kennedy on January 27, 1967.
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NASA [Gemini IV]Portrait of the first American spacewalker Edward White [Large Format]; the crew aboard the recovery ship; President Johnson in Houston after the historic mission, May-June 1965Estimate: GBP 1,200 - 1,800
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