Taken by the 16mm Maurer camera mounted by Worden on the hatch of the Command Module

The first deep space Extra Vehicular Activity in history, performed by Alfred Worden

Apollo 15, July 26 - August 7, 1971

Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper with red NASA MSC caption numbered “S-71-43202” and “A Kodak Paper” watermarks on the verso.
20.3 x 25.4cm (8 x 10in)

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The spacecraft was 316,000 km from Earth when this picture was taken from a frame of motion picture film.

Worden’s EVA has been described as the first interplanetary spacewalk in an age that placed much prestige on space “firsts”.

Apart from the three Apollo 15, 16, 17 EVAs to retrieve SIM bay film cassettes, every other EVA from a spacecraft in freefall has taken place in low Earth orbit, never more than about 600 kilometres away from the home planet.

Worden’s 22 minutes-EVA in deep space was very successful. “I wish I were back outside. It’s hell in here,” he said (at 242:27:11 GET) as he got back in the spacecraft.