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Fifty years ago, on June 3, 1965, Edward White stepped out of the orbiting Gemini 4 spacecraft to become the first US astronaut to walk in space. White is captured in this photo taken by mission commander James McDivit from inside the capsule as White’s spacewalk began over the Pacific Ocean on Gemini 4’s third orbit. Planet Earth, spacecraft, and tether are reflected in White’s gold tinted helmet visor. A gas powered manuevering gun is held in his right hand. Though the gun ran out of gas after only 3 minutes, he continued to manuever by twisting his body and pulling on the tether for the remainder of the 23 minute long Extra Vehicular Activity. White later described his historic spacewalk as the most comfortable part of the mission, and said the order to end it was the “saddest moment” of his life.
中文翻譯:
50年前的今天，即1965年6月3日，愛德華·懷特（Edward White）成為首位在太空漫步的美國宇航員。他在環繞地球運行的雙子星4號（Gemini 4）太空船外進行了這一歷史性的一步。這張照片是由任務指揮官詹姆斯·麥克迪維特（James McDivitt）在太空艙內拍攝的，懷特的太空漫步開始於雙子星4號的第三圈，當時正好在太平洋上空。懷特的金色護目鏡反射出地球、太空船和繩索的影像。他的右手握著一支燃氣推進槍，雖然這支槍在三分鐘後就耗盡燃料，但他仍然透過扭動身體和拉扯繩索，完成了23分鐘的太空出艙活動。懷特後來形容他這次歷史性的太空漫步是任務中最舒適的部分，他說結束漫步的指令是他生活中最悲傷的時刻。
#太空漫步 #愛德華懷特 #雙子星4號 #太空探索 #NASA #歷史性時刻 #太空科學 #宇航員 #人類的探索精神
來源:NASA每日圖片
