NationStates Jolt Archive


June 3, 1965

Demented Hamsters
04-06-2005, 16:22
A day late in my part of the World, but still valid for you Americans:
the 40th anniversary of this:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0506/spacewalk_gemini4_c.jpg
First American space walk - Edward White outside his Gemini IV capsule on a 23 minute excursion into the ether. Coincidently, 23 is a lucky number in Chinese.

It's such a cool pic.
Danmarc
04-06-2005, 16:24
#23 means a little something if you are a Basketball fan as well...
German Nightmare
04-06-2005, 16:42
But His Airship doesn't need a security cable for his famous walks in zero-G :p