THE MANNED FLIGHTS - FIRST "EVA"

Gemini III, MOLLY BROWN

March 23, 1965
Virgil I. Grissom, John W. Young
04 hours, 52 minutes 31 seconds
First manned Gemini flight, orbits.

Gemini IV
June 03-07, 1965

James A. McDivitt, Edward H. White II
4 days 1 hour 56min 12 seconds
Astronaut White succesfullly performed the first (EVA) by an American; White's "space walk" was a 22 minute EVA exercise.

Gemini V
August 21-29, 1965
L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., Charles Conrad, Jr.
7 days 22 hours 55 min 14 seconds
First use of fuel cells for electrical power; evaluated guidance and navigation system for future rendezvous missions.
Completed orbits.

These three flights proved the basic ability of both astronauts and spacecraft to meet the objectives of Project Gemini. Absolving the first EVA, testing of navigation systems and one week duration of the last flight were important achievemnts for the next Gemini missions.