Gemini IV

Crew:
    James McDivitt [1], Commander
    Edward White [1], Pilot

Backup Crew:
    Frank Borman, Commander
    James Lovell, Pilot

Launch:
    Location: Cape Kennedy Air Force Station
    Pad: LC-19
    Date: 3 June 1965
    Time: 15:15:59 UTC

Flight:
    Mission Duration: 4 days, 1 hours, 56 minutes, 12 seconds
    Orbits: 62
    EVA#1: 46 minutes

Landing:
    Date: 7 June 1965
    Time: 17:12:11 UTC

Recovery:
    Location: Atlantic Ocean (27° 44' N, 74° 11' W)
    Vessel: USS Wasp (CVS-18)

White performed the first American space walk, lasting a little over 20 minutes outside the capsule. This had been hastily added to the mission following a Soviet spacewalk.

The crew originally wanted to name the spacecraft "American Eagle", but NASA nixed the idea. Crews were not allowed to name their spacecraft agin until Apollo.

Gemini IV is located at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.

Crew

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Archived NASA page for Gemini IV

 

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