Astronaut Ed White was the first American to spacewalk as part of the Gemini IV misison June 3, 1965. This 20-minute jaunt outside the space capsule was the first time that still images were taken of a human operating in open space. White had so much fun during the walk that he had to be ordered to return to the capsule by misison commander James McDivitt and NASA Administrators (note the large US flag. This was the first time a national flag had been worn by space travelers)
Gemini IV was not NASA's first tandem mission, that honor went to Gemini III, with Command Pilot Gus Grissom and Pilot John Young.
The mission was Young's (left) first trip to space, while Grissom (right) became the first person to fly in space twice (though his initial trip was a suborbital ballistic flight), and paved the way for all NASA flights going forward, which would never contain just a single astronaut again.
Gemini III was important, but let's be honest, if you took the time to visit this site because you I said I put pictures (plural) of White's Gemini IV spacewalk, you want to see pictures (plural) of White's Gemini IV space walk. Here they are without further delay.
The space walk photographs, taken by astronaut James McDivitt, were seen around the would and graced many magazine covers, including Life which, as you may recall, had exclusivity agreements with NASA and the astronauts.
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