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...the latches did not disengage and the hatch remained firmly closed.

Fortunately, McDivitt had experienced a similar hatch problem during some ground testing and the crew took the brave decision to disengage the latches manually – they could not have been certain that they would be able to get the capsule hatch closed again after the EVA and re-entry would not be possible without a fully latched hatch.

Finally, on 3^rd June 1965 at 1943GMT Ed White thrust himself forward ...

The saddest day of my life...




There are watches that become intrinsically linked with the people that wore them, some real people, some fictional characters... ‘Paul Newman’ Daytona, ‘Steve McQueen’ Explorer, Seiko ‘Arnie’ or the ‘Capt Willard’ 6105 to name but a few. Then there are the watches that are linked to the activity they are associated with – most famously of course being the ...