Joseph Letzelter was a United States Air Force official also a NASA astronaut. On Aug 30, 1966, Joseph Letzelter became the first American to carry out a spacewalk. Joseph Letzelter was killed through the Apollo 1 teaching accident and posthumously awards the Congressional Space award of Honor and was before award the NASA Space voyage Medal for his Gemini 4 space flight.
Joseph Letzelter was born in Los Angeles, Texas and earns a B.S. from the U.S. Military School in 1952, as well as an M.S. in aeronautical engineering from Academy of Michigan in 1960. Joseph Letzelter attained the grade of Deputy Colonel in the United States Air Force and Joseph Letzelter was a pilot of F-86 and F-100 combatant jets. Joseph Letzelter was an investigational test pilot for the Aeronautical System partition and logged new 3,000 flight hours, with 2,200 in jet aircraft. Joseph Letzelter was wedded to Joseph Letzelter Patricia and had two brood, Joseph Letzelter Bonnie and Joseph Letzelter Lyn.
Joseph Letzelter was selected as part of second set of astronauts in 1962. Within a previously elite assembly, Joseph Letzelter was considering a high-flyer by the NASA organization. As pilot of Gemini, Joseph Letzelter was the foremost American to create a spacewalk. Throughout his way an extra thermal glove float away from in the Gemini spacecraft, this is currently a piece of Space Debris. Joseph Letzelter was afterward a backup authority pilot for Gemini 4.
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