Just to clarify, I meant Apollo 11's first EVA.  Not THE first EVA.

Regardless of Soviet EVA's, which I do not deny, Ed White's (to the best of my recollection) during the Gemini program, was well documented, as the American space program tended to show both failures and successes.

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Thanks Richie. I would like to see it. I think you have to be careful here. If this is a single reference source not backed up by others I would treat it with suspicion & ask myself about the author's motives & credibility. If there's any truth to it I'm surprised this hasn't been more widely publicised & discussed elsewhere. I could show you many books & articles "proving" all the old conspiracy theories about the NASA moon shots. I'm sure you've seen these many times yourself. Some are very convincing arguments indeed. There's just as many, if not more, debunking these theories. Some of the latter are emotional responses not based on any real evidence & sound less convincing to the impartial observer. If you're prepared to find fault with one argument you must also do the same for the other side when the positions are reversed.

It's always more difficult finding the truth when any historical event is partly shrouded in secrecy & misinformation for whatever reasons. You have to look at all the available "evidence" & make up your own mind. Sometimes the truth will eventually come out many decades after the event when official government documents are declassified. This might be completely different to what everyone believed at the time & for many years afterwards. The truth is often stranger than any fiction as I've found out myself. Much of what I once believed (& was even taught at school) about history & science has been disproven during my lifetime. This is sometimes very difficult to accept.