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Topic: Photo of the week 554 (June 6, 2015)
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heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-05-2015 12:26 PM
   
 This photo of the open hatch of Gemini 4 was taken 50 years ago by Ed White during the first US spacewalk. It is the first frame of a series taken with a Zeiss Ikon Contarex Special 35mm camera mounted on his hand-held maneuvering unit. |
onesmallstep
Member Posts: 1310
From: Staten Island, New York USA
Registered: Nov 2007
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posted 06-05-2015 04:00 PM
Nice photo, which I never saw before. White's golden umbilical cord looks like a snake coming out of the cockpit. |
Jonnyed
Member Posts: 396
From: Dumfries, VA, USA
Registered: Aug 2014
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posted 06-05-2015 07:51 PM
Beside the umbilical cord, what is the other (small diameter) cord that is coming out of the hatch? |
heng44
Member Posts: 3387
From: Netherlands
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 06-06-2015 12:35 AM
That other cord probably leads to the 16mm motion picture camera that White installed just behind his hatch. |
MCroft04
Member Posts: 1634
From: Smithfield, Me, USA
Registered: Mar 2005
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posted 06-06-2015 08:37 AM
I recently saw that umbilical at the National Air and Space Museum; it is awesome! |
Lou Chinal
Member Posts: 1306
From: Staten Island, NY
Registered: Jun 2007
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posted 06-07-2015 07:58 AM
Ed, I never saw that picture before. Thank you. |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 06-08-2015 02:46 PM
"Okay, I'm out" I too haven't seen this picture before. It appears to be at that magic moment when he first left the cabin as so little of the umbilical appears. I have heard that Ed White only got off a few photos with the camera. Thanks Ed! |
SpaceFerris
Member Posts: 57
From: Thornville, OH
Registered: Mar 2015
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posted 08-17-2015 12:42 PM
Historic image from the first American EVA.Was Ed White able to take any other pics using this camera? If so, can you share some? |
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