James McDivitt (NASA, astronaut)
1965, June
Astronaut Ed White as he floats in zero gravity of space over Gulf of Mexico, Gemini IV

Chromogenic print, on Kodak paper
20.4 x 20.5 cm
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
19th - 21st Century Photography, 8 December 2021, Lot: 4276
 
NASA's Project Gemini was designed to test technologies and techniques for the Apollo Program. The two-man Gemini spacecraft was larger and more sophisticated than its Mercury predecessor. The spacecraft was designed by a team of NASA engineers led by Jim Chamberlin, and built by McDonnell Aircraft in St Louis. There were two uncrewed test flights (1964, 1965) and 10 crewed (March 23, 1965 until November 11-15, 1966) all launched on a Titan II missile. The Gemini flights helped NASA learn to work and live in space, paving the way for the successful Apollo human landings on the Moon. Gemini IV was the mission on which Ed White undertook America's first historic space walk.
 
LL/115615