Image taken by ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano from outside the
International Space Station on the first spacewalk to service the cosmic ray
detecting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS-02).
Luca and his
spacewalking partner NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan performed the first of
several spacewalks in the complex series to maintain AMS-02 on Friday 15
November 2019. It was the first time a European astronaut has held the leading
role in a spacewalk known as EV1.
The spacewalk
went so well that the pair even managed to complete some tasks scheduled for
the next spacewalk in the series.
Story via ESA
Credit: ESA–L. Parmitano, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
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