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English: Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson anchored to a foot restraint on the International Space Station’s Canadarm2
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English: Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, STS-114 mission specialist, anchored to a foot restraint on the International Space Station’s Canadarm2, participates in the mission’s third session of extravehicular activity (EVA). The blackness of space and Earth’s horizon form the backdrop for the image (3 August 2005).
Français : Description originale de la NASA: L'astronaute Stephen K. Robinson, ancré par les pieds au bras Canadarm2 de la Station Spatiale Internationale, participe à la troisiemme session extravehiculaire (EVA) de la mission. En arrière plan, la noirceur de l'espace et l'horizon terrestre.
Deutsch: Originalbeschreibung der NASA: An den Füßen auf dem Roboterarm Canadarm2 der Internationalen Raumstation verankert, nimmt der Astronaut Stephen K. Robinson, Spezialist der Mission STS-114, am dritten Außeneinsatz (EVA) dieser Mission teil. Der schwarze Weltraum und der Erdhorizont bilden den Hintergrund des Bildes (3. August 2005).
Date 3 August 2005
Source http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/shuttle/sts-114/html/s114e6647.html
Author NASA
Shuttle.svg This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Centre of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: S114-E-6647.
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