Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka (top),
Expedition 32 commander; and Yuri Malenchenko, flight engineer, participate in
a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the
International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk on
August 20, 2012, Padalka and Malenchenko moved the Strela-2 cargo boom from the
Pirs docking compartment to the Zarya module to prepare Pirs for its eventual
replacement with a new Russian multipurpose laboratory module. The two
spacewalking cosmonauts also installed micrometeoroid debris shields on the
exterior of the Zvezda service module and deployed a small science satellite.
Image Credit: NASA
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