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NASA GEMINI IV mission Astronaut Ed White returns to the Gemini spacecraft at the end of the first American EVA. "This is the saddest moment of my life" Vintage print, NASA numbering (S-65-29730) in black in upper margin. Printed NASA-MSC legend on back. Dated June 3, 1965. 25.5 x 20.5 cm with margins. Marginal handling marks. Also included: Vintage NASA document "Educational Brief - GEMINI TITAN IV" (650720-HISD-EB-GM) Gemini Titan IV (GT-4) was the second crewed mission of the Gemini program. James McDivitt and Edward White successfully completed the 4-day, 62-orbit flight between June 3 and 7, 1965. Only a few weeks before liftoff, the mission program was revised to include the first spacewalk (EVA - Extra-Vehicular Activity) by an American astronaut; a direct response to the success of cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who performed the first EVA on March 18, 1965. On this occasion, White remained outside the spacecraft for 23 minutes - 10 minutes longer than planned. This image was taken by a 16mm Maurer camera that Ed White mounted on the outside of the spacecraft before his EVA. The camera's shadow is visible on the open hatch door at bottom right. Transcript of radio exchanges at the end of the spacewalk: 04:45:20 Capcom: Gemini 4, Houton. 04:45:24 Capcom: Gemini 4, Houton. 04:45:25 McDivitt: I'm going out to PUSH-TO-TALK and see what the Flight Director has to say. 04:45:33 McDivitt: Gus, this is Jim. Got ant message for us ? 04:45:35 Capcom: Gemini 4, get back in ! [...] 04:47:54 White: It's now sweat. Actually, I'm trying to get a better picture. 04:47:58 McDivitt: No, come on in. 04:48:00 White: I'm trying to get a picure of the spacecraft now. 04:48:02: Ed, come in here! 04:48:03 White: All right. Let me fold the camera and put the gun up. [...] 04:48:26 White: Okay. Let's not lose that camera now. I don't quite have it. A little bit more, but easy, easy, easy. [...] 04:48:40 McDivitt: Come on, let's get back here before it gets dark. 04:48:46 White: Okay. This is the saddest moment of my life. 04:48:53 McDivitt: Well you're going to find a sadder one when we have to come down from this whole thing. 04:49:00 White: I'm coming. Bibliography : Newsweek magazine, June 21 1965, cover.
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NASA GEMINI IV mission Astronaut Ed White returns to the Gemini spacecraft at the end of the first American EVA. "This is the saddest moment of my life" Vintage print, NASA numbering (S-65-29730) in black in upper margin. Printed NASA-MSC legend on back. Dated June 3, 1965. 25.5 x 20.5 cm with margins. Marginal handling marks. Also included: Vintage NASA document "Educational Brief - GEMINI TITAN IV" (650720-HISD-EB-GM) Gemini Titan IV (GT-4) was the second crewed mission of the Gemini program. James McDivitt and Edward White successfully completed the 4-day, 62-orbit flight between June 3 and 7, 1965. Only a few weeks before liftoff, the mission program was revised to include the first spacewalk (EVA - Extra-Vehicular Activity) by an American astronaut; a direct response to the success of cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who performed the first EVA on March 18, 1965. On this occasion, White remained outside the spacecraft for 23 minutes - 10 minutes longer than planned. This image was taken by a 16mm Maurer camera that Ed White mounted on the outside of the spacecraft before his EVA. The camera's shadow is visible on the open hatch door at bottom right. Transcript of radio exchanges at the end of the spacewalk: 04:45:20 Capcom: Gemini 4, Houton. 04:45:24 Capcom: Gemini 4, Houton. 04:45:25 McDivitt: I'm going out to PUSH-TO-TALK and see what the Flight Director has to say. 04:45:33 McDivitt: Gus, this is Jim. Got ant message for us ? 04:45:35 Capcom: Gemini 4, get back in ! [...] 04:47:54 White: It's now sweat. Actually, I'm trying to get a better picture. 04:47:58 McDivitt: No, come on in. 04:48:00 White: I'm trying to get a picure of the spacecraft now. 04:48:02: Ed, come in here! 04:48:03 White: All right. Let me fold the camera and put the gun up. [...] 04:48:26 White: Okay. Let's not lose that camera now. I don't quite have it. A little bit more, but easy, easy, easy. [...] 04:48:40 McDivitt: Come on, let's get back here before it gets dark. 04:48:46 White: Okay. This is the saddest moment of my life. 04:48:53 McDivitt: Well you're going to find a sadder one when we have to come down from this whole thing. 04:49:00 White: I'm coming. Bibliography : Newsweek magazine, June 21 1965, cover.
