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[Gemini IV] Ed White reluctantly returning to the spacecraft at the end of the first US spacewalk. NASA, 3–7 June 1965. Printed 1966. Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper [NASA image S-65–29766]. 20.3×25.4 cm (8×10 in), with “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso, numbered “NASA S-65–29766” in red top margin (NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, Texas). Literature: NEWSWEEK, 21 June 1965, cover; NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, September 1965, pp. 442–443 (variant). This famous view of Ed White returning to the hatch of the spacecraft was captured by the 16mm camera (whose shadow appears on the open hatch door at lower right) that Ed White had mounted outside the capsule just before his EVA. Describing his experience as the first spacewalker (on Voskhod I, three months before Ed White), cosmonaut Alexei Leonov exclaimed, “I felt absolutely free, soaring like a bird... as though I had wings, as though I was flying by my own efforts” (Chaikin, Space, pp. 54–55). The first US spacewalker Ed White was also completely entranced by the experience and he resisted repeated calls from Houston to get back to the spacecraft. “This is the saddest moment of my life,” he said. From the mission transcript at the end of the EVA: 004:48:40 McDivitt: Come on, let’s get back here before it gets dark. 004:48:46 White: Okay. This is the saddest moment of my life. 004:48:53 McDivitt: Well you’re going to find a sadder one when we have to come down from this whole thing. 004:49:00 White: I’m coming. Condition Please notice: Additional illustrative material shown in connection with the photograph offered is not included in the lot. Glossy print in excellent condition. Preview In Lyngby Auction Space, 15 November 2023 Category Photos ▸ Vintage photographs Selling 15 November at 6:11 pm Estimate 8,000–12,000 DKK
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