Official NASA Photographs of the First U.S. Spacewalk
Maker
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Maker
James McDivitt
(American, 1929 - 2022)
Subject
Ed White
(American, 1930 - 1967)
Date1965
ClassificationsHistory
DescriptionTwo color photographic prints, framed, showing the first U.S. spacewalk aboard Gemini IV. Ed White is shown in the first extravehicular activity (EVA) over New Mexico and southern California, June 3-7, 1965. One of the photographs is a fantastic image of Ed White’s EVA. James McDivitt took the photograph facing southwest from his Command Pilot left seat of the capsule with a Hasselblad model 500 C (NASA modified) and 70mm Eastman Kodak Ektachrome MS film. Visible over Ed White’s left shoulder is the Gulf of California and Baja California. Photographs include: Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, with NASA MSC caption, numbered “NASA S-65-30430” in red in top margin that captures [orbit 3, 004:37:31 GET]; and Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper, (NASA KSC) [NASA S-65-30433] that captures [orbit 3, 004:39:00 GET].
