NASA astronaut Ed White carried out the first U.S. spacewalk on June 3, 1965, floating free of his Gemini 4 capsule at the end of a long tether. Isaacman said iconic photos of White floating ...

Until Thursday, only 263 people had conducted a spacewalk, representing 12 countries. The Soviet Union’s Alexei Leonov kicked it off in 1965, followed a few months later by NASA’s Ed White.

NASA astronaut Ed White carried out the first U.S. spacewalk on June 3, 1965, floating free of his Gemini 4 capsule at the end of a long tether. Since then, NASA astronauts, Russian cosmonauts ...

NASA astronaut Ed White, who became the first American to perform a spacewalk in 1965, joked that he wasn’t going to go back to the Gemini spacecraft because “this is fun.” When he did ...

Until Thursday, only 263 people had conducted a spacewalk, representing 12 countries. The Soviet Union’s Alexei Leonov kicked it off in 1965, followed a few months later by NASA’s Ed White.

Spacewalks, also known as EVAs (extravehicular activities), are a crucial part of space exploration. From routine maintenance to historic firsts, here are 10 Most Iconic Spacewalks.

NASA's two stuck astronauts are taking their first spacewalk together, exiting the International Space Station almost eight ...

It was 10 minutes long. The first American to go on a spacewalk was Ed White, on June 3, 1965, during the Gemini 4 mission, ...

In classic Soviet style, nobody would know about the trouble Leonov ran into during his spacewalk for years. So when American astronaut Ed White was preparing to step out of the Gemini 4 capsule ...