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First US spacewalk: Ed White’s EVA over the Gulf of Mexico, June 3, 1965
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First US spacewalk: Ed White’s EVA over the Gulf of Mexico, June 3, 1965

James McDivitt [Gemini IV]

Fermé28 April 2021

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First US spacewalk: Ed White’s EVA over the Gulf of Mexico, June 3, 1965
James McDivitt [Gemini IV]
Ed White’s EVA over the Gulf of Mexico, June 3, 1965
Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, 20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in), numbered 'S-65-30433' in red on top margin on recto, with NASA MSC caption and 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks on verso

Note du spécialiste

Only three minutes into the spacewalk, the fuel for his the self-maneuvering unit ran out. For the remaining during of the first American spacewalk, astronaut Ed White carefully manouevured himself by gently pulling at his 23-foot tether line. As McDivitt watched from the comparative safety of the capsule, he remarked "Ed, I ought to be getting some tremendous pictures of you".

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