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Astronauts extravehicular activity

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-is026-31130

Image Size 300 DPI: 36 * 24 cm

NASA astronauts Steve Bowen and Alvin Drew, both STS-133 mission specialists, participate in the mission's first session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 34-minute spacewalk, Bowen and Drew installed the J612 power extension cable, move a failed ammonia pump module to the External Stowage Platform 2 on the Quest Airlock for return to Earth at a later date, installed a camera wedge on the right hand truss segment, installed extensions to the mobile transporter rail and exposed the Japanese "Message in a Bottle" experiment to space. 28 Feb. 2011.

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2011 - ASTRONAUT - BOWEN STEVE - DREW ALVIN - EVA - EXPEDITION 26 - EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITY - EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITY - EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY - HUMAN - INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION - ISS - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - ROBOTIC ARM - SPACE - SPACE STATION - SPACE SUIT - STS-133 -