Astronaut Reid Wiseman on the
first spacewalk of Expedition 41
On Oct. 7, NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman
(pictured here) and European Space Agency
astronaut Alexander Gerst completed the
first of three spacewalks for the Expedition 41
crew aboard the International Space Station.
The spacewalkers worked outside the space
station’s Quest airlock for 6 hours and 13 minutes,
relocating a failed cooling pump to external
stowage and installing gear that provides back
up power to external robotics equipment. Flight
Engineer Barry Wilmore of NASA operated
the Canadian robotic arm, maneuvered
Gerst during the course of the spacewalk
and served as the spacewalk coordinator.
A few days later, Reid posted to twitter
(@astro_reid) that “While #spacewalking I
realized something: I used to think I was scared
of heights but now I know I was just scared
of gravity.”
Credit: NASA/ESA/Alexander Gerst