Stock Photo Description:Astronaut Floating in Space Above Planet Earth stock photo. This is a photo by NASA Public Domain showing astronaut Floating in Space Above Planet Earth.
The pale blue Earth serves as a backdrop for astronaut Michael Gernhardt, who is attached to the Shuttle Endeavour's robot arm during a spacewalk on the STS-69 mission in 1995. Unlike earlier spacewalking astronauts, Gernhardt was able to use an electronic cuff checklist, a prototype developed for the assembly of the International Space Station.
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