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Stepping Out [1]

Astronaut Ed White makes the first American spacewalk as he floats outside his Gemini 4 spacecraft on June 3, 1965. White's extravehicular activity lasted about 20 minutes. He used a small gas gun to maneuver and a tether to keep him from floating away. [NASA]

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