Gemini 4 would be the first multi-day space flight by the United States, designed to show that it was possible for humans to remain in space for extended lengths of time. The four-day, 66- orbit flight [6] …

Nov 17, 2025 · Gemini IV (GT-4) was the second crewed mission of the Gemini series. James McDivitt and Edward White successfully completed the 4-day, 62-orbit flight between June 3 and June 7, …

Gemini 4 (Gemini IV) was the second manned space flight in NASA's Project Gemini in June 1965. Astronauts James McDivitt and Ed White circled the Earth 66 times in four days.

On June 3, 1965, a Titan II rocket launched this spacecraft, Gemini IV, carrying astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White into orbit. The flight lasted four days and included a historic space walk …

Gemini IV served as training ground for pilots, flight controllers, and evaluators alike, setting the style for later Gemini missions, as well as for future Apollo flights. Meanwhile, McDivitt and White drifted …

The Gemini 4 spacecraft splashed down about 450 miles east of Cape Canaveral, some 40 miles from its primary recovery vessel. This was the last space flight for astronaut White, who was killed in the …

Gemini 4 launched on June 3, 1965, with the goals of demonstrating that the US was capable of mounting a multi-day crewed mission, sending one of the crew outside the capsule on an …

Jun 3, 2025 · Gemini 4 returned to Earth on 7 June, “splashing down” in the North Atlantic Ocean at 17:12:11 UTC. The mission duration was 4 days, 1 hour, 56 minutes, 12 seconds.

Jun 1, 2015 · Building on the success of the first piloted Gemini mission, NASA prepared to launch its most ambitious flight to date – Gemini IV. During June 1965, two astronauts would not only stay in …

Gemini 4 would be the first multi-day space flight by the United States, designed to show that it was possible for humans to remain in space for extended lengths of time.