Labels:text | screenshot | graphic design OCR: SPACE EXPLORATION QUEST OVERVIEW SOVIET UNION LAUNCHES RACE 4 QUEST UNITED STATES IN PURSUIT LUNAR LANDINGS SHUTTLE MISSIONS Edward White spends 20 minutes walking outside his capsule 4: WALKING FREE Throughout the 1960s U.S. government resources were pumped into NASA, enabling it to accelerate the space program. In 1965 Gemini 4 took Edward White 100 miles above the earth for the first U.S. space walk. In 1966 Gemini 11 set an altitude record of 850 miles. CHRONOLOGY NEWSFLASH ..