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Topic: Ed White's EVA
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WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 02-28-2006 05:08 PM
   
Stuck in my mind is the memory of watching a clip of Ed White's spacewalk. Given that the EVA was not broadcast live, when was the film released and how was it first broadcast? Just wondering if those just a few years older might recall. |
Michael Cassutt
Member Posts: 358
From: Studio City CA USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 02-28-2006 08:13 PM
NASA mission film of the White EVA appeared on US TV networks within a day or two of splashdown. as I recall (I was very young at the time....  Certainly within a week. It was regarded as spectacular stuff.Michael Cassutt |
WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 02-28-2006 08:33 PM
Thanks Michael. |
John K. Rochester
Member Posts: 1292
From: Rochester, NY, USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 03-01-2006 06:30 AM
If memory serves, the first time it was played almost in entirety was at the post flight press conference with narration by Jim and Ed..smaller clips appeared during news broadcasts prior to the press junket..but my memory is old and all dried up..  |
Rick Boos
Member Posts: 851
From: Celina, Ohio
Registered: Feb 2000
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posted 03-01-2006 03:13 PM
John you are correct. What was really neat was listening to the walk live on TV and radio and waiting for the next issue of LIFE magazine to come out!It really was a big deal back then. I remember all the older people comparing it to and talking about Buck Rogers. Back then all the space shots were really a big deal and every time the guys did something new made it even greater! TV coverage was really great back then and I can remember recording it all on my tape recorder.To relive those days again! |
WAWalsh
Member Posts: 809
From: Cortlandt Manor, NY
Registered: May 2000
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posted 03-01-2006 08:28 PM
Fortunately, I have a father who is an engineer with a strong science fiction interest. He had me watching the Gemini mission broadcasts, allowing for the EVA to be one of my earliest memories. I was just looking for the background facts since my memories from the age of three are a bit sketchy. |
thump
Member Posts: 575
From: washington dc usa
Registered: May 2004
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posted 03-02-2006 08:36 AM
As a side note, White's and McDivitt's suits from this mission have been taken out of the capsule at the NASM for refurbishment, and will most likely not be re-installed in the display, due to present and future degradations. |
TrueNorth
Member Posts: 161
From: Bathurst, NB, Canada
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 03-02-2006 10:52 AM
Here is the Life magazine coverage.John |
spacecraft films
Member Posts: 802
From: Columbus, OH USA
Registered: Jun 2002
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posted 03-02-2006 03:44 PM
On our Gemini set we put White's narration from the post flight press conference back together with the footage from the EVA in its entirety. Makes for a nice presentation.Mark |
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