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Five floating facts for the 50th anniversary of the first American spacewalk [i]Ed White may not have been the first man to walk in space, but his extravehicular activity, or EVA, 50 years ago Wednesday (June 3) was no less historic. The first U.S. astronaut to exit a spacecraft while in orbit, White spent more than 20 minutes floating in the vacuum of space, protected only by a spacesuit. He moved about using a "zip gun," a hand-held maneuvering unit, while still attached to Gemini 4 by a tether and umbilical. "I feel like a million dollars!" White exclaimed to his crew mate James McDivitt, who was snapping photos from his seat on the spacecraft.[/i]
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