Edward Higgins White

Edward Higgins White

The first spacewalk was performed by astronaut Edward Higgins White during Gemini 4 mission and during the spacewalk, he lost a thermal glove. It thus became one of the first pieces of space debris, as it stayed in orbit at over 28,000kph for a month.

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