BoltgunOnHisHip t1_isw2ahm wrote on October 19, 2022 at 2:52 AM

McDivitt was also on Gemini 4, which was the first US EVA (and the second in history, after Alexei Leonov in Voskhod 2.) He didn't do the EVA himself but piloted the craft while Ed White did his spacewalk.

By the way there are now just 10 people alive who have been beyond Low Earth Orbit. Although McDivitt wasn't one of them, since Apollo 9 was a test flight.

mcarterphoto t1_isw7jnx wrote on October 19, 2022 at 3:36 AM

But he did ride a Saturn V, not just a 1B (Apollo 7 was a 1B, earth orbit test but no LEM, so no giant rocket needed). And an Atlas to boot.

yepyep1243 t1_isy8z0x wrote on October 19, 2022 at 4:04 PM

Titan II, not Atlas

[deleted] t1_iswr7db wrote on October 19, 2022 at 7:18 AM

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SaphirePool t1_iswa4ad wrote on October 19, 2022 at 3:59 AM

What does EVA stand for in this context?

akiralx26 t1_iswc6qz wrote on October 19, 2022 at 4:20 AM

Extra-vehicular activity I think, i.e. tethered outside the spacecraft.

BoltgunOnHisHip t1_iswk0fv wrote on October 19, 2022 at 5:44 AM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extravehicular_activity

The early days of space exploration were wild.

Dishonest_Celariac t1_isxfaua wrote on October 19, 2022 at 12:27 PM

They still are. We're still in those days.