Gemini IV: Inside NASA's First Spacewalk Mission (Photos)

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By Christine Lunsford
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On June 11, 1965, during a visit to the space center, President Lyndon B. Johnson displays a Gemini 4 photo album that was presented to him. In the image from left to right James E. Webb, NASA administrator, Washington, D.C.; astronaut James A. McDivitt, command pilot of the Gemini-4 spaceflight; Dr. Robert C. Seamans Jr., NASA associate adminitrator; the President; and astronaut Edward H. White II, pilot of the Gemini-4 mission, pose for the photos. McDivitt shows a framed image from White's EVA, another gift for the President.

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Christine Lunsford
Christine Lunsford
Producer and Contributing Writer

Christine Lunsford joined the Space.com team in 2010 as a freelance producer and later became a contributing writer, covering astrophotography images, astronomy photos and amazing space galleries and more. During her more than 10 years with Space.com, oversaw the site's monthly skywatching updates and produced overnight features and stories on the latest space discoveries. She enjoys learning about subjects of all kinds.