The first photograph of a human being in outer space, 3-7 June 1965

Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper, printed 1965, (NASA image S-65-30431), with "A KODAK PAPER" watermark on verso (NASA MSC), 19,3 x 25,4 cm

James McDivitt took this extraordinary photograph of Ed White floating freely in outer space from inside the Gemini capsule with a 70mm Hasselblad 500C NASA-modified camera.
It is the first of his extraordinary series of pictures immortalizing the first American EVA. Ed White was spacewalking above the blue Earth, right over Hawaii.

From the mission transcript when the photograph was taken:
004:30:36 White: Okay. I ‘m out.
004:30:38 McDivitt: Okay. He’s out. He’s floating free. [...]
004:31:28 White: All right. Now, I’ve come above the spacecraft and I’m under my own control. [...]
004:31:50 White: Yes. Okay, I’d better get over. Okay, I’m coming over.
004:32:00 McDivitt: Okay. Stand by.
004:32:02 White: See me yet?
004:32:04 McDivitt: No, sure don’t.
004:32:05 White: Huh?
004:32:07 White: Oh, there you are. I can spin around now.
004:32:12 McDivitt: Okay. Just a second. You’re right in front, Ed. You look beautiful.
004:32:16 White: I feel like a million dollars. All right we’ll pitch up and yaw left. I’m coming back to you. [...]
004:32:31 White: Okay. I put in a little bit too much pitch there.
004:32:36 White: The gun works real great, Jim.
004:32:38 McDivitt: Let me get over where I can see you, Ed.
004:32:40 McDivitt: Take it easy now. You’re in a vacuum. [...]
004:32:50 White: Okay. I’ll come in and take a look at you now.
004:32:52 McDivitt: Wait a second. Let me take your picture.

Watch more: Gemini 4 - NASA Mission Summary (Part-1)