🚀 Ever wondered what it feels like to step outside a spacecraft, floating hundreds of miles above Earth? 🌍✨ This is a spacewalk — one of the most extraordinary experiences any human can have. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station suit up in what’s basically their own mini spacecraft — a suit built to protect them from the silence and danger of outer space. Once the hatch opens, they drift into the blackness, tethered only by a safety line. Below them, Earth shines quietly — oceans,

A real spacewalk is far more dangerous — and far more beautiful — than most people realize. No air. No sound. Just a thin suit… and the entire Earth beneath your feet. #space #nasa #astronaut #science #cosmos #spacewalk #documentary #earth #spacex #spacefacts | Anton Yehorov

Ed White became the first American to conduct a #spacewalk on June 3, 1965. Watch the full #NASA film on the historic flight this Saturday at 11 AM ET as part of our #space history marathon on C-SPAN 2 American History TV. | American History TV