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

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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".