America's First Space Walk Metal Print

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NASA￿s Project Gemini was an important step in America￿s goal to land on the moon. Gemini had many milestone achievements as America learned to work in space. One of those milestones was reached by Gemini IV on June 3, 1965 when astronaut Ed White II became the first American to leave the spacecraft and walk in space. He found the experience so exhilarating that when it was time to return to the spacecraft he said, ￿It￿s the saddest moment of my life.￿ Gemini IV spent just over 4 days in orbit. As an interesting side, after Ed White left the spacecraft, a glove floated out of the open hatchway thereby becoming one of the first pieces of unintentional space debris. It later burned up in the atmosphere. I have included it here in the print.Tragically, Ed White was later killed along with Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee in the Apollo 1 fire.

Prints of all artworks are available at www.markkarvon.com. All artworks are copyright Mark Karvon. As a kid in the suburbs of Chicago, I always was interested in the mechanical creations of man. There is something about a purpose of design and the engineering solution to achieve that purpose that always created a spark in my mind. The forms those machines took were captivating to me - the pointed nose of a fighter jet; the exposed driving wheels of a mighty steam engine, the streamlined shape of a submarine. And the stories of the incredible experiences of the men who operated those machines are the stuff of legends and sometimes nightmares. From an early age I tried to express my fascination through drawing. I suppose my first...