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Astronaut Ed White exited Gemini 4 over the Claifornia coast on June 3, 1965 to become the first American to walk in space. Jim McDivitt stayed inside the capsule and photographed White through his window. The photos McDivitt took became some of the most iconic images in the history of space exploration. White spent 20 minutes outside the vehicle. When he reentered Gemini 4 and closed the hatch, they were just east of the Florida coast.
Gemini 4 was White's only spaceflight. He died in the Apollo 1 fiire on January 27, 1967. McDivitt later commanded the Apollo 9 mission which tested the first Lunar Module in earth orbit.
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What year did the Americans go into space?
On May 5, 1961; The Freedom 7 rocket blasted off carrying the first American into space.
May 5th is the anniversary of Alan Shepard being the first American in space What year did this happen?
1961
What year did NASA first get to space?
NASA successfully launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, on 31 January 1958. NASA launched the first American into space, Alan Shepard, on 5 May 1961.
What year did John Glenn first go to space?
John Glenn became the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.
What year is the first space exploration?
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What year was the first American space station?
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What year did the first American go into space?
Edward White became the first American to walk in space on June 3, 1965.
Date first American into space?
THE year 199999 of the FredFredBurger Era
What year did Alan Shepard become the first American in space?
1961
What year did American and Russian astronauts first shake hands in space as friends?
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What year did the Americans go into space?
On May 5, 1961; The Freedom 7 rocket blasted off carrying the first American into space.
May 5th is the anniversary of Alan Shepard being the first American in space What year did this happen?
1961
What year did NASA first get to space?
NASA successfully launched its first satellite, Explorer 1, on 31 January 1958. NASA launched the first American into space, Alan Shepard, on 5 May 1961.
What year did John Glenn first go to space?
John Glenn became the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, aboard the Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962.
Who was the first american to walk on the moon and in what year did this happen?
Around 35 years ago or something like that
What year is the first space exploration?
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Why year 1961 was famous for?
That was the year the space race to get an American to the moon began
