A striking photograph possessing a drama and power rivaled by few images in the history of the medium which graced the cover of LIFE magazine on June 18, 1965. Edward White was spacewalking over Texas tethered to the orbiting Gemini capsule. James McDivitt framed the shot with a Hasselblad model 500 C (NASA modified) and 70mm Eastman Kodak Ektachrome MS film. Within days of splashdown, his pictures of the spacewalk appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world, marking a turning point in the role photography played in the space program and in the popular conception of manned space exploration. (Schick and Van Haaften, p. 13). “I wasn’t the only one who felt the power of those images from space. Countless people saw them and understood their basic message: this was the edge of human experience.” Space historian Andrew Chaikin (Chaikin, Space, p. 12). [Original NASA caption for the photograph] 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. He wears an emergency oxygen pack, also. He is secured to the spacecraft by a 25-feet umbilical line and a 23-feet tether line, both wrapped in gold tape to form one cord. In his right hand is a Hand-Held Self-Maneuvering Unit (HHSMU) with which he controls his movements in space. Astronaut James A. McDivitt, Command Pilot of the mission, remained inside the spacecraft.