#gemini 4

[apollomission8]

Ok well I have a new favorite picture of the Gemini 4 crews

[rectanglejanett]

Ed without vs Ed with mangoes

Now draw conclusions

[lonestarflight]

"Gemini spacecraft No. 4 entering the 14-foot altitude chamber at McDonnell before simulated high-altitude tests."

Date: March 16, 1965

NASA ID: S65-3420

[edwhiteandblue]

Listened to the entire EVA audio to find a very specific Ed quote. Jim trying to coax him back into the capsule gave the same vibe of a ref wrangling a hockey player to the penalty box.

[pinwheel-plant]

drew some Things using mission patches as color palettes

[all-action-all-picture]

Edward White II, Spacewalk by Robert McCall from 1966 depicting White's Gemini IV space walk in June 1965, the first by an American, launched 3 June 1965 and returned 7 June.

White died on 27 January 1967, along with Gus Grissom and Roger B Chaffee, during a pre-launch test for Apollo I.

Robert McCall died on 26 February 2010.

[oldkitty]

Col. Edward H White

After he became the first American to walk in space in June 3, 1965, astronaut Ed White received a deluge of fan letters. Because of the similarity of their names, some of the letters were addressed to Ed Dwight, a USAF test pilot Captain, and the first African-American to complete USAF’s astronaut training programme, Although he was not selected for NASA’s astronaut group in 1963, it was obvious by the amount of mail addressed to him that many thought he had. Ed White gathered all the letters (two boxes) addressed to Ed Dwight and delivered them personally. Seeing the amount of fan mail Capt. Dwight received, Ed White remarked, “Now I understand how important it is for you to go into space”.  (Chasing the Moon, 2019, Robert Stone and Alan Andres).

After astronaut Elliot See’s death in February 28, 1966, Ed White and his family made several visits to the See family. On one such visit, Ed “climbed up the huge pine tree” at the back of their house to hang a rope swing for See’s children to play with. It was - See’s oldest daughter Carrie recalled - “something a father would do for his children.” (Fallen Astronauts, 2003, Colin Burgess)

In April 1964, a fire broke out at Neil and Janet Armstrong’s home. Their neighbour Ed White came rushing in with a water hose. Janet later recalled seeing him bound their six foot fence to get to them. Ed then helped rescue the Armstrong children and property until the arrival of the fire services. (First Man. 2005, James Hansen).

In January 27, 1967 the crew of Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee participated in a plugs out test while strapped inside the command module of Apollo 1. Hours into the test, fire broke out inside the capsule. Within minutes, the astronauts, unable to escape, succumbed. When their bodies were found, it was determined that Ed White had tried to open the command module’s hatch before he was overwhelmed by toxic gasses and thermal burns. Ed White was 36 years old and he left behind his wife, Pat, and children, Bonnie and Eddie.

[astronotmovie]

Tangled up in blue’. To quote Bob Dylan’s classic 1975 track. Astronaut Ed White is out on a limb, or more precisely a 25-foot tether during the historic first spacewalk by an American on Gemini 4, June 1965. The 2nd crewed flight of Project Gemini was the 1st multi-day flight by NASA; a 4-day affair which approached the near 5-day record set by the USSR’s Vostok 5 in 1963. The Soviets also achieved the first ever spacewalk by cosmonaut Alexei Leonov in March ‘65 via Voskhod 2. White & fellow astronaut James McDivitt orbited Earth 66 times during their mission; back-up crew for G4 were Frank Borman & Jim Lovell.