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Astronaut extravehicular activity

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-is023-33201

Date

2010-06-14

NASA astronaut Steve Bowen, STS-132 mission specialist, participates in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (17 May 2010) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the seven-hour, 25-minute spacewalk, Bowen and NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman (out of frame), mission specialist, loosened bolts holding six replacement batteries, installed a second antenna for high-speed Ku-band transmissions and adding a spare parts platform to Dextre, a two-armed extension for the station's robotic arm.