Tag: Portraits & Selfies
-
Portrait of Charles Duke at Plum Crater
Space MissionApollo 16, 16-27 April 1972, EVA 1 PhotographerJohn Young Photo DescriptionVintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper; Numbered to upper margin ‘NASA AS16-114-18423’ with ‘A Kodak Paper’ watermarks to verso. EssayThis magnificent frame is from the panoramic sequence taken by Young at station 1 in the otherworldly scenery of Plum Crater.Charles Duke watches his…
-
Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon
Space MissionApollo 11, 16-24 July 1969 PhotographerNeil Armstrong Photo DescriptionVintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper; ‘A Kodak Paper’ watermarks to verso. With red caption: AS11-40-5902 EssayStanding beyond the north strut of the LM Eagle at Tranquility Base, Buzz Aldrin is surrounded by a vacuum atmosphere in the one sixth gravity environment. In this silent…
-
Ed White taking the first human-taken photographs from outer space during the first US spacewalk
McDivitt shot this photograph with a NASA-modified Hasselblad 500C from inside the spacecraft, while Ed White was himself taking a picture of the Gemini capsule with a Zeiss Contarex 35mm camera
-
Cover of LIFE: the first US spacewalk of Ed White over the Earth
Astronaut Edward H. White II, Pilot of the Gemini IV four-day Earth-orbital mission, floats in the zero gravity of space outside the Gemini IV spacecraft. White wears a specially designed spacesuit; and the visor of the helmet is gold plated to protect him against the unfiltered rays of the Sun.
-
Portrait of Ed White during the first US spacewalk with the reflection of the spacecraft in his visor
Space MissionGemini IV, 3-7 June 1965 PhotographerJames McDivitt Photo DescriptionVintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper.10 h × 8 w in (25 × 20 cm); Numbered to upper margin ‘NASA G-66-124’ with ‘A Kodak paper’ watermarks to verso. [NASA image S-65-30429] EssayThis magnificent photograph shows a close-up of the first American EVA, perfectly framed by…
-
NASA Research Pilot Neil Armstrong following a flight with a X-15 experimental rocket plane
A superb early portrait of the most famous astronaut in history, when he was still a NASA research pilot before being selected for the second class of nine NASA astronauts on September 17, 1962.