Title

Astronaut on EVA from the Space Shuttle Atlantis, 1985. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Astronaut on EVA from the Space Shuttle Atlantis, 1985. Astronaut Woody Spring is shown during Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) from Shuttle Atlantis attached to the robot arm, Remote Manipulator System (RMS), moving a space structure. This is one of the experiments that studied space construction techniques in preparation for the building of the international space station at the beginning of the next century. Space Shuttle Mission 61-B was launched on 26 November 1985 and was the second flight of Atlantis.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1985

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/NASA

Reference

HRM19B63_345

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

49,9Mb (3,0Mb) / 12,4in x 15,6in / 3730 x 4680 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather cloud clouds technology space science space shuttle Earth solar system astronomy color colour astronaut century spacecraft space travel space walk NASA space suit Eighties 1980s EVA 20th century Space Shuttle Atlantis Oxford Science Archive decade manned spaceflight Remote Manipulator System RMS robot arm Woody Spring photograph Unknown National Aeronautics and Space Administration Spring Woody Sherwood C Spring photograph