final frontier

"Life, for ever dying to be born afresh, for ever young and eager, will presently stand upon this earth as upon a footstool, and stretch out its realm amidst the stars."
-H.G. Wells
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life: After 34-year-old astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space on June 3,1965, both White and his Gemini IV crew mate, Command Pilot James McDivitt, shared the story of the mission with LIFE magazine. LIFE then ran, as the cover above proudly declares, “16 Pages of Fantastic Color” from White’s “marvelous romp” in space.  Above: “120 miles up, Astronaut White floats over Lower California.” America’s First Space Walk

life:

After 34-year-old astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space on June 3,1965, both White and his Gemini IV crew mate, Command Pilot James McDivitt, shared the story of the mission with LIFE magazine. LIFE then ran, as the cover above proudly declares, “16 Pages of Fantastic Color” from White’s “marvelous romp” in space. 

Above: “120 miles up, Astronaut White floats over Lower California.”

America’s First Space Walk



Reblogged from LIFE.