Art by Robert McCall.

Trivia:

For the soundtrack of the spacewalk scene, Kubrick used original recordings of cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who was the first in the history of mankind to exit into space in 1965.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) dir. Stanley Kubrick

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do.

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) dir. Stanley Kubrick

Behind the scenes photo from the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey

A 2001 tribute by Piotr Sokołowski

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Robert Mccall

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)