Gemini
June 3, 1965
An American walked in space today. Ed White opened the hatch on Gemini 4 and floated outside for twenty-three minutes, tethered to the spacecraft, floating over Earth. The mission commander had to order him back inside. White said it was the saddest moment of his life.
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Gemini Program
May 25, 1965
Jim McDivitt and Ed White flew for four days on Gemini 4. White walked in space. McDivitt tried to fly a rendezvous with the spent second stage and found it harder than expected.
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Gemini Program
March 23, 1965
Gus Grissom flew again today. Three orbits, four hours and fifty-two minutes. He named the capsule Molly Brown.
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Space Race
February 18, 1965
Alexei Leonov exited the Voskhod 2 spacecraft today and spent twelve minutes floating in space — the first human EVA. He almost didn't make it back in.
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Technology
January 12, 1965
People don't think about spacesuits much when they think about going to the Moon. They should.
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Space Race
October 14, 1964
Nikita Khrushchev was removed from power yesterday. His successors are Brezhnev and Kosygin. What does this mean for the Soviet space program?
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Technology
September 20, 1964
I've been trying to understand how you actually navigate a spacecraft from Earth to the Moon. It's not like driving — there are no roads, no landmarks, and everything is moving.
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Technology
July 31, 1964
Ranger 7 hit the Moon yesterday after taking 4,308 photographs in the last 17 minutes of its descent. The closest images show features only a few feet across.
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Technology
June 15, 1964
I've been trying to understand the Saturn V rocket. The numbers are almost too large to hold in your head.
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Technology
April 15, 1964
The Apollo guidance computer uses integrated circuits — a technology that didn't exist ten years ago. The space program is partly responsible for developing them into practical components.
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