Working Along the Truss
Kimbrough (left) and Pesquet (right) are seen working their way down the space station's truss, the "backbone" of the station's structure.
Storing the Old Batteries
The station's old nickel-hydrogen batteries were placed back onto the external palette for storage.
EVA Crew Bag
Pesquet is seen outside of the space station with his tool bag during his first spacewalk.
Pesquet at the 'Rat's Nest'
With time left to spare, Pesquet visited the "rat's nest," a jumble of cables outside the ISS, to take photos for flight planners on the ground. The survey photos will help them prepare for future spacewalking tasks.
Pit Stop
The duo made a pit stop at the Quest airlock from which they emerged this morning to drop off some tools and pick up padded shields, which they then carried to the Node 3 or "Tranquility" module. Located at this module are six berthing locations where visiting spacecraft can dock to the ISS.
Lugging the Shields
The shields will protect one of Tranquility's pressurized mating adapters from potentially hazardous collisions with space debris.
Kimbrough & the Destiny Lab
Kimbrough heads to the U.S. Destiny Laboratory to remove two unnecessary handrails, making room for two communication antennas that will be installed in future spacewalks.
Hello, Oleg!
French Astronaut Thomas Pesquet waves at Russian cosmonaut Oleg Navitskiy in a window from outside the airlock during the last few minutes of his spacewalk.
Pesquet & the ISS
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet works outside the space station’s truss.
Hanging Out at the ISS
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet hangs out of the hatch in this photo taken by Russian cosmonaut Oleg Navitskiy.
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