>> the astronauts just became part of the fabric of the country. it was finding its way into the popular culture. if you grew up in the '50s you were watching science fiction, but if you grew up in the '60s, you were watching it actually happen. >> i don't want to fire the gun yet. >> when ed white went out on the first e.v.a,, people were holding their breath. >> there was a real push to get a spacewalk as soon as possible. that turned out to be gemini 4, and ed white's spacewalk was just a magnificent thing. >> i'm rolling to the right now under my own influence. it's like a thermal glove. >> it is, ed. >> he went out and had this little nitrogen bottle to fire this thruster that pushed this way and that way so he could rotate himself around and so on and it gave the appearance of being a piece of cake. >> i'm turning over.