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Vasili V. Tsibliyev EVA - Mir station 04/1997

author: Nasa/Novapix

reference: e-mir06-30027

Image Size 300 DPI: 34 * 22 cm

This photograph, taken by NASA/Mir 23's Jerry M. Linenger, guest researcher, shows Mir 23 commander Vasili V. Tsibliyev during a five-hour spacewalk performed by the two outside the Russian Mir Space Station. Tsibliyev in new ORLAN-M space suit marked with red stripes works at the end of Strehla pole backdropped by Base Block and Kvant-1 module. The tower-like structure in lower left is Sofora, which once was used for an experiment in attitude control on the Mir.

Keywords for this photo:

1997 - ASTRONAUT - COSMONAUT - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EVA - EXTRA VEHICULAR ACTIVITY - EXTRA-VEHICULAR ACTIVITY - EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY - HUMAN - KVANT - LIMB - MAN - MANNED SPACEFLIGHT - MIR - MODULE - ORLAN - RUSSIA - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE - SPACE STATION - SPACE SUIT - TSIBLIYEV VASILI - WEIGHTLESSNESS - ZERO GRAVITY -