Title from caption on object: “Takes Walk in Space”

March 18, 1965

Alexei Leonov

Artist, Russian, 1934 - 2019

Associated Press

Publisher

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 15.8 × 21.4 cm (6 1/4 × 8 7/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.7 × 23 cm (6 15/16 × 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.177.542

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Dean Ralston; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, bottom center printed in black ink on applied paper inverted: B9298 / ASSOCIATED PRESS CABLEPHOTO FROM MOSCOW / CAUTION:USE CREDIT / TAKES WALK IN SPACE / FLOATING IN WEIGHTLESSNESS A SHORT / DISTANCE FROM SOVIET SPACESHIP VOSKHOD-2, / COSMONAUT ALEXEI LEONOV BECOMES FIRST MAN / TO LEAVE CAPSULE IN OUTER SPACE AFTER / FIRST ORBIT OF SPACE FLIGHT MARCH 18. / PHOTO IS FROM MOSCOW TELEVISION SCREEN / OF PICTURE TRANSMITTED FROM SPACE CRAFT, / ACCORDING TO SOVIET OFFICIALS. CABLE / WAS LEONOV'S ONLY TIE TO CRAFT. PROJECTION / AT RIGHT CARRIES MOVIE CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHING / THE FEAT. / IFY/F 413P 3/18/65 PW41 / WTS NYT NYWS NN NSL HT SI MEX PR BAIR ZZ / TMC NSWK WW

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