That view never gets old.
Surrounded by the blackness of space, the International Space Station is featured in this image photographed by an STS-130 crew member on space shuttle Endeavour after the station and shuttle began their post-undocking relative separation. Undocking of the two spacecraft occurred at 7:54 p.m. (EST) on Feb. 19, 2010. A partial shadow of Endeavour is visible on the solar array wing panels at lower right. (via STS-130 Shuttle Mission Imagery)
The Next Best Thing To Space Camp - There, I Fixed It
the next time you *really* need to rig up a ventilation hose, and all you can find to hold it together is duct tape, zip ties, and paper, just remember: the most capable people on the planet, who have cooler jobs than any of us EVER will, reach for the very same things when they need to get the job done.
NASA astronaut Nicholas Patrick, STS-130 mission specialist, participates in the mission’s third and final session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 48-minute spacewalk, Patrick and astronaut Robert Behnken (out of frame), mission specialist, completed all of their planned tasks, removing insulation blankets and removing launch restraint bolts from each of the Cupola’s seven windows.
