14. [Gemini XII] BUZZ ALDRIN RIDING ABOVE EARTH: stand-up EVA through the open spacecraft hatch NASA, 11-15 November 1966 Printed 1966. Vintage chromogenic print on fibre-based Kodak paper [NASA image S-66-63536]. Numbered "NASA S-66-63536" in the red top margin, with NASA caption and "A Kodak Paper" watermark on the reverse (issued by NASA Manned Spacecraft Centre, Houston, Texas). 20.3 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.) Historical context A striking view of the fifth American spacewalker, Buzz Aldrin, standing on his seat with his upper body emerging into space during his first stand-up EVA. Captured by a 16mm Maurer camera he had mounted outside the spacecraft, this image shows Aldrin installing a handrail between Gemini XII and the Agena Target Vehicle—an EVA task he had meticulously rehearsed in underwater training. Gemini XII remains docked to the Agena in the background, with the breathtaking blue Earth below. "One thing I know about Buzz—he's one of these guys that's a lot smarter than most of us. He had a nickname: Dr. Rendezvous." —Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean (In the Shadow of the Moon, 2007)