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ESA astronaut Thomas Reiter’s 3 August spacewalk from the ISS

28 July 2006

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Spacewalk during STS-114

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Backdropped by a blue and white Earth, the International Space Station moves away from Space Shuttle Discovery. Earlier the STS-121 and Expedition 13 crews concluded almost nine days of cooperative work onboard the shuttle and station. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 5:08 a.m. (CDT) on July 15, 2006.

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STS-111 Astronaut Perrin Performs Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA)

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The STS-111 mission, the 14th Shuttle mission to visit the International Space Station (ISS), was launched on June 5, 2002 aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter Endeavour. On board were the STS-111 and Expedition Five crew members. Astronauts Kerneth D. Cockrell, commander; Paul S. Lockhart, pilot; and mission specialists Franklin R. Chang-Diaz and Philippe Perrin were the STS-111 crew members. Expedition Five crew members included Cosmonaut Valeri G. Korzun, commander; Astronaut Peggy A. Whitson and Cosmonaut Sergei Y. Treschev, flight engineers. Three space walks enabled the STS-111 crew to accomplish the delivery and installation of the Mobile Remote Servicer Base System (MBS), an important part of the Station's Mobile Servicing System that allows the robotic arm to travel the length of the Station, which is necessary for future construction tasks. In this photograph, Astronaut Philippe Perrin, representing CNES, the French Space Agency, participates in the second scheduled EVA. During the space walk, Perrin and Chang-Diaz attached power, data, and video cables from the ISS to the MBS, and used a power wrench to complete the attachment of the MBS onto the Mobile Transporter (MT).

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Reiter and Williams will start their spacewalk from the Joint Ai

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Astronaut James F. Reilly leaves through the Joint Airlock Quest during the first ever spacewalk from the International Space Station (ISS) - July 2001

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Thomas Reiter was born on 23 May 1958 in Frankfurt, Germany. He has flown in space twice, on Euromir 95/Soyuz TM-22 and STS-121/Astrolab. In October 2007, Reiter left the European Astronaut Corps to take on a new role on the Executive Board of the German Space Agency (DLR) with responsibility for space.

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