What if you could float above Earth and see entire countries pass beneath your feet in minutes?

The First American Spacewalk Adventure!

When Ed White floated in space and didn't want to come back inside!

Ed White became the first American to walk in space and loved it so much he didn't want to stop!

Imagine floating above Earth, seeing the whole planet below you like a giant blue marble. That's exactly what happened to astronaut Ed White on June 3, 1965!

Ed White became the first American to ever walk in space. But here's the thing — he wasn't actually walking! He was floating outside his Gemini 4 spacecraft, attached by a special golden cord that looked like a really long umbilical cord.

For 23 amazing minutes, Ed tumbled and spun above Earth, using a special gas gun to push himself around like a space superhero! He floated over Hawaii and all the way to the Gulf of Mexico. That's traveling about 6,500 miles in less than half an hour — way faster than any airplane!

The coolest part? When Mission Control told Ed it was time to come back inside, he said it was the saddest moment of his life! He was having SO much fun that he didn't want to stop. Can you blame him?

💡 Ed White's spacewalk cord was 25 feet long — that's about as long as two cars parked end to end!