Astronauts are among the most adventurous explorers amongst us. On this thrilling gallery, American and worldwide astronauts undertake numerous spacewalks for analysis and restore in opposition to the gorgeous backdrop of Earth.
1. Serving to Hubble
Astronaut Steven L. Smith strikes alongside the Hubble Area Telescope whereas docked within the house shuttle Discovery’s cargo bay. Behind him is a distant view of Australia on a Feb. 15, 1997 spacewalk.
2. Area selfie
Woody Hoburg, a NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 flight engineer, takes a “space-selfie” throughout a spacewalk on June 9, 2023.
3. Constructing the ISS
Mission specialists Jerry L. Ross and James H. Newman work collectively on the primary Worldwide Area Station (ISS) meeting mission on Dec. 6, 1998.
4. Thoughts the glare
Expedition 35 flight engineer Chris Cassidy completes a spacewalk on Could 11, 2013.
5. Teamwork in house
Chris Cassidy and Tom Marshburn, Expedition 35 flight engineers, examine and substitute a pump controller field on the ISS on a Could 11, 2013 spacewalk.
6. Activate shields
Expedition 69 crew members Dmitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev, each from Russia’s house company Roscosmos, set up orbital particles shields on the ISS throughout a spacewalk on Aug. 9, 2023.
7. Whats up from house
Astronaut Robert L. Curbeam, STS-98 mission specialist, completes a spacewalk forward of schedule on Feb. 12, 2001.
8. Job with a view
Josh Cassada, Expedition 68 flight engineer and NASA spacewalker, works on the ISS on Dec. 22, 2022.
9. Sideways work
NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen and United Arab Emirates astronaut Sultan AlNeyadi on an April 28, 2023 spacewalk.
10. First time for all the pieces
Nicole Mann, NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 flight engineer on her first profession spacewalk on Jan. 20, 2023, to put in a modification package on the ISS’s starboard truss construction.
11.Engaged on Hubble
Astronauts John M. Grunsfeld, payload commander, and Richard M. Linnehan, mission specialist, take part of their first spacewalk to carry out work on Hubble on March 4, 2002.
12. The glowing Earth
Astronaut Stephen Bowen strikes exterior the ISS on his eighth profession spacewalk on April 28, 2023.
13. Out of doors work
Astronauts Stephen Bowen and Sultan Alneyadi on a spacewalk on April 28, 2023.
14. Floating with Hubble
Astronaut John M. Grunsfeld floats previous Hubble as it’s docked within the house shuttle Columbia’s cargo bay throughout a spacewalk on March 8, 2002.
15. Discoveries abound
Astronaut Andrew S. W. Thomas, mission specialist, within the cargo bay of the Area Shuttle Discovery throughout a March 2001 spacewalk.
