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Gemini-Titan 4, Launch, 1965

The Gemini-Titan 4 (GT-4) spaceflight launches from Cape Kennedy's Pad 19 at 10:16 a.m. (EST) on June 3, 1965. Gemini 4 was the second manned space flight in NASA's Project Gemini, June 3-7, 1965. Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward H. White, II circled the Earth 66 times in four days, making it the first US flight to approach the five day flight of the Soviet Vostok 5. The highlight of the mission was the first space walk by an American, during which White floated free outside the spacecraft, tethered to it, for approximately 20 minutes. Both of these accomplishments helped the United States overcome the Soviet Union's early lead in the Space Race. The flight was the first American flight to perform many scientific experiments in space, including use of a sextant to investigate the use of celestial navigation for lunar flight in the Apollo program. Gemini 4 was the first flight to be controlled by the new Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, which had to conduct three shift operations due to the flight's long duration.

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Titre: Gemini-Titan 4, Launch, 1965

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The Gemini-Titan 4 (GT-4) spaceflight launches from Cape Kennedy's Pad 19 at 10:16 a.m. (EST) on June 3, 1965. Gemini 4 was the second manned space flight in NASA's Project Gemini, June 3-7, 1965. Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward H. White, II circled the Earth 66 times in four days, making it the first US flight to approach the five day flight of the Soviet Vostok 5. The highlight of the mission was the first space walk by an American, during which White floated free outside the spacecraft, tethered to it, for approximately 20 minutes. Both of these accomplishments helped the United States overcome the Soviet Union's early lead in the Space Race. The flight was the first American flight to perform many scientific experiments in space, including use of a sextant to investigate the use of celestial navigation for lunar flight in the Apollo program. Gemini 4 was the first flight to be controlled by the new Mission Control Center at the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, which had to conduct three shift operations due to the flight's long duration.

Personnalités: EDWARD WHITE

Crédit: Album / NASA/Science Source

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Taille de l'image: 3750 × 3796 px | 40.7 MB

Taille d'impression: 31.8 × 32.1 cm | 1476.4 × 1494.5 in (300 dpi)

Mots clés: AMÉRICAIN • ANNEES 1960 • ANNÉES 60 • ANNEES SOIXANTE • BATEAU A MOTEUR • CÉLÈBRE • CELEBRITE • EDWARD WHITE • ENVOL • ÉVÉNEMENT • EXPLORATION SPATIALE • LANCEMENT (FUSEE) • NASA • RECHERCHE • TECHNOLOGIE • VAISSEAU SPATIAL • XXE SIECLE