Word: mcdivitt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...much for his offhanded casualness as for the feat itself. With the world following his every move, White stepped out of orbiting Gemini 4 at the end of a 24-ft. tether, strolled in space for a spell, then matter-of-factly informed Pilot James Alton McDivitt: "It's fun. I'm not coming in." At one point, McDivitt protested: "Hey, you smeared my window you dirty dog." Replied the floating White: "Yep." He finally returned to the capsule after a 20-minute stroll- during which he maneuvered far more freely than Soviet Cosmonaut Aleksei Leonov...
Usually Cooper was the taciturn, matter-of-fact command pilot, Pete Conrad the ebullient space tourist. On one pass he chattered with Astronaut Jim McDivitt, sitting as capsule communicator at Houston...
...CapCom McDivitt: You sure do talk...
...McDivitt: Think...
Kraft told Capsule Communicator McDivitt to raise the capsule on the radio and explain the problems and possibilities for going beyond the sixth orbit...