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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Full Moon (Edward White Spacewalking Above Texas: Photo by James McDivitt, Gemini 4, 1965)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Full Moon (Edward White Spacewalking Above Texas: Photo by James McDivitt, Gemini 4, 1965)

Artist Michael Light (American, born 1963)
Date1999
MediumDigital C-print
Dimensions24 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (62.2 x 62.2 cm)
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Caroline Julier and James G. Richardson Acquisition Fund
Object number2013.45.2
Collections
DescriptionEdward White, spacewalking above the Texas coastline. His suit had 21 layers of thermal and micrometeoroid protection, a double gold-plated visor to cut the unfiltered solar rays, and an oxygen chestpack with an 8-minute emergency reserve. Hasselblad 70mm transparency by James McDivitt, Gemini 4, June 3-7, 1965, NASA. Digitally drum-scanned, processed, and printed by artist, Michael Light.