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...GEMINI-TITAN 4 (ABC, CBS, NBC. beginning about 9 a.m.). Re-entry and recovery...
Tethered to his Gemini space ship by a thin gold cord, astronaut Edward H. White II stopped into the void yesterday and became the first American to float alone in the hostile emptiness of space...
...Gemini capsule failed, however, in its attempt to rendezvous with the burned-out second stage of the huge Titan II rocket which propelled it into orbit. The rendezvous was called off after McDivitt and White burned half their fuel in fruitless pursuit of the tumbling booster...
Toward the close of White's solo, project Gemini officials back on earth pleaded with him to "get back in," but communications problems prevented their message from getting through. Finally McDivitt said, "Come on back in. We've got three and a half more days to go, buddy." White playfully refused at first, then returned to the ship...
...Harvard scientist, Leo Goldberg. Higgins Professor of Astronomy, was at Project Gemini headquarters in Houston yesterday observing the flight in detail. Goldberg heads the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Orbiting Solar observatory project, and is closer to the space program than, any one else at the University...