Video: 'Gemini 4 | NASAs First Ever Space Walk - Narrated By Ed White (June 3, 1965)'

(Thursday, June 3, 1965, 3:39-4:02 p.m. EDT) — Astronaut Edward White became the first American to “walk” in space today during the flight of Gemini 4.

White floated free outside the spacecraft, tethered to it, for approximately 23 minutes.