First US two-man spacewalk: David Scott in the open hatch of the CSM Gumdrop, Russell Schweickart [Apollo 9], 3-13 March 1969


printed 1969
vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based Kodak paper
10 h × 8 w in (25 × 20 cm)

A very famous photograph of the first Apollo EVA, featuring a simultaneous EVA by Russell Schweickart outside the LM Spider and a stand-up EVA by David Scott in the open hatch of the CSM Gumdrop.

Numbered to upper margin 'NASA AS9-20-3064' with 'A Kodak Paper' watermarks to verso.note: Media visuals referencing the original NASA photograph(s) not included.

Literature: LIFE, 28 March 1969, ppg. 26-27 illustrates variation Time, 28 March 1969, pg. 54 Space: A History of Space Exploration in Photographs, Chaikin, pg. 84 Spacecam: Photographing the Final Frontier from Apollo to Hubble, Hope, pg. 40 Moon: Man's Greatest Adventure, Thomas, ed., ppg. 160-161 Apollo: The Epic Journey to the Moon, Reynolds, pg. 43

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