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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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Glenn Beck to Headline 2nd Annual Terri Schiavo Life & Hope Award Gala in Philadelphia on March 27th
FEEDING TUBE REMOVED ON THIS DAY IN 1990.

Terri Schiavo, the severely brain-damaged woman whose condition sparked an epic legal, medical and political battle 
that gripped America, died 13 days after her feeding tube 
was removed by the wishes of her husband and the orders
of several courts.

Terri Schiavo Gravesite | Grave marker, Headstones, Famous tombstones

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UNTHERED SPACEWALK ON THIS DAY IN 1984

Astronaut Bruce McCandless becomes to the first human to fly untethered in space, February 7 ...

While in orbit 170 miles above Earth, Navy Captain Bruce
McCandless II became the
first human being to perform
an untethered spacewalk
, when he exits the U.S. space
shuttle Challenger and maneuvers freely, using a bulky
white jet pack of his own design.

McCandless orbited Earth in tangent with the shuttle at
speeds greater than 17,500 miles per hour—the speed
at which satellites normally orbit Earth—and flew up to
320 feet away from the Challenger. After an hour and a
half of testing and flying the jet-powered backpack and
admiring Earth, McCandless safely reentered the shuttle.


Picture of Bruce McCandless II
Bruce McCandless II
(June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017)

Incredible Photo of the First Untethered Spacewalk - TechEBlog

Space Shuttle Challenger wallpapers, Vehicles, HQ Space Shuttle Challenger pictures | 4K ...

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FIRST AMERICAN SPACE WALK ON THIS DAY

On June 3, 1965, 120 miles above the Earth, Major Edward H.
White II opened the hatch of the Gemini 4 and stepped out of
the capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to walk in
space. Attached to the craft by a 25-foot tether and controlling
his movements with a hand-held oxygen jet-propulsion gun,
White remained outside the capsule for just over 20 minutes. 

White had been preceded by Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei A.
Leonov, who on March 18, 1965, was the first man ever to
walk in space.

EdwardWhite.jpeg
Edward Higgins White II
(November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967)

Capsule, Gemini IV | National Air and Space Museum

America's First Space Walk: Edward White Makes History, June 1965 | Time.com

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FIRST TO PERFORM SPACE WALK IN 1984

Astronaut Bruce McCandless on First-ever Untethered Spacewalk | NASA

While in orbit 170 miles above Earth, Navy Captain Bruce McCandless
II became the first human being to perform an untethered spacewalk, when he exits the U.S. space shuttle Challenger and maneuvers
freely, using a bulky white jet pack of his own design.

McCandless orbited Earth in tangent with the shuttle at speeds
greater than 17,500 miles per hour—the speed at which satellites normally orbit Earth—and flew up to 320 feet away from the
Challenger. After an hour and a half of testing and flying the jet-
powered backpack and admiring Earth, McCandless safely
reentered the shuttle.

Astronaut Bruce McCandless walking in space - Stock Image - S540/0137 -  Science Photo Library

Bruce McCandless II - Wikipedia

mccandless.jpg
Bruce McCandless II (Byron Willis McCandless)
(June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017)



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FIRST AMERICAN TO WALK IN SPACE ~ 1965


On June 3, 1965, 120 miles above the Earth, Major Edward H. White
II opened the hatch of the Gemini 4 and stepped out of the capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to walk in space (above). He
was attached to the craft by a 25-foot tether and controlling his movements with  a hand-held oxygen jet-propulsion gun, White
remained outside the capsule for just over 20 minutes. As a space
walker,
White had been preceded by Soviet cosmonaut Aleksei A. Leonov,
who on March 18, 1965, was the first man ever to walk in space.

 

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EdwardWhite.jpeg
Edward Higgins White II
(November 14, 1930 – January 27, 1967)

White died on January 27, 1967, alongside astronauts Virgil “Gus” Grissom and Roger B. Chaffee in a fire during pre-launch testing
for Apollo 1 at
Cape Canaveral, Florida. He was awarded the
NASA Distinguished Service Medal for his flight in Gemini 4
and
posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of
Honor

 

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