The Virtual Reality Lab at Johnson Space Center in Houston provides real-time graphics and motion simulators to replicate the space environment. Commercial Crew Astronaut Mike Hopkins practices spacewalking in preparation for a mission to the International Space Station. Hopkins is assigned to SpaceX’s first operational mission after the company’s test flight with crew.
The Virtual Reality Lab at Johnson Space Center in Houston provides real-time graphics and motion simulators to replicate the space environment. Commercial Crew Astronaut Suni Williams practices spacewalking in preparation for a mission to the International Space Station in 2019. Williams is assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission after the company’s test flight with crew.
Commercial Crew Astronaut Mike Hopkins practices spacewalking in the Virtual Reality Lab at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The training provides real-time graphics and motion simulators to replicate the space environment. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is working with Boeing and SpaceX to return human spaceflight launches to the United States in 2019. Hopkins is assigned to SpaceX’s first operational mission after the company’s test flight with crew.
Commercial Crew Astronaut Suni Williams practices spacewalking in the Virtual Reality Lab at Johnson Space Center in Houston. The training provides real-time graphics and motion simulators to replicate the space environment. NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is working with Boeing and SpaceX to return human spaceflight launches to the United States in 2019. Williams is assigned to Boeing’s first operational mission after the company’s test flight with crew.
iss054e022823 (Jan. 23, 2018) --- NASA astronaut Scott Tingle is pictured during a spacewalk to swap out a degraded robotic hand, or Latching End Effector, on the Canadarm2.
jsc2024e055523 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Chris Williams participates in spacewalk training at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2024e055545 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Chris Williams participates in spacewalk training at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2024e055570 (Aug. 13, 2024) --- NASA astronaut Chris Williams participates in spacewalk training at the Neutral Buoyancy Lab at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
jsc2024e028394 (April 25, 2024) --- JAXA astronaut Kimiya Yui conducts training for a spacewalk at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/James Blair
jsc2023e080760 (Dec. 15, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Mike Fincke conducts training for a spacewalk at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA/Bill Stafford
NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio gets help putting on a spacesuit at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to train for spacewalks.
iss069e003933 (April 17, 2023) --- UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi prepares an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock for an upcoming spacewalk.
iss069e003944 (April 17, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen prepares an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock for an upcoming spacewalk.
iss069e003918 (April 17, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Woody Hoburg prepares an Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock for an upcoming spacewalk.
iss069e008728 (May 3, 2023) --- Roscosmos spacewalker Sergey Prokopyev works outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment during the installation of an experiment airlock on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.
iss069e008804 (May 3, 2023) --- Roscosmos spacewalker Dmitri Petelin works outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment during the installation of an experiment airlock on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.
ISS032-E-021085 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-021054 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 32 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Malenchenko and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (out of frame), commander, 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.
ISS032-E-021061 (20 Aug. 2012) --- 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, 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.
ISS032-E-020884 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 32 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Malenchenko and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (out of frame), commander, 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.
ISS032-E-021024 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-021081 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-020892 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 32 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Malenchenko and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (out of frame), commander, 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.
ISS032-E-020619 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, uses a still camera during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-020576 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-020610 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-021078 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, uses a still camera during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-021058 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 32 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Malenchenko and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (out of frame), commander, 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.
ISS032-E-020581 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-021046 (20 Aug. 2012) --- 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, 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.
ISS032-E-021028 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-021072 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, uses a still camera during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-021080 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-020596 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, deploys a small ball-shaped science satellite during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, also 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.
ISS032-E-021044 (20 Aug. 2012) --- 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, 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.
ISS032-E-021037 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-020594 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-020601 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, deploys a small ball-shaped science satellite during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, also 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.
ISS032-E-021286 (20 Aug. 2012) --- 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, 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.
ISS032-E-021067 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, uses a still camera during a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-021284 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
ISS032-E-020856 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 32 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Malenchenko and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (out of frame), commander, 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.
ISS032-E-021060 (20 Aug. 2012) --- 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, 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.
ISS032-E-021293 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, Expedition 32 flight engineer, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Malenchenko and Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka (out of frame), commander, 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.
ISS032-E-021296 (20 Aug. 2012) --- Russian cosmonaut Gennady Padalka, Expedition 32 commander, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) to continue outfitting the International Space Station. During the five-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Padalka and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (out of frame), flight engineer, 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.
iss072e574845 (Jan. 30, 2025) --- Two spacewalkers, Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore (upper left) and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams (lower right), both NASA astronauts, work outside the International Space Station during a five-hour and 26-minute spacewalk to remove radio communciations hardware and swab for microorganisms.
iss069e005732 (April 28, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen is pictured in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, outside the International Space Station during his eighth career spacewalk. He and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi (out of frame) would spend seven hours and one minute in the vacuum of space routing cables and installing insulation readying the orbital outpost for its next set of roll-out solar arrays due to be installed after their delivery on the next SpaceX Dragon cargo mission.
iss073e0010437 (May 1, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers is pictured during a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation system and relocate a communications antenna.
Date: 04-18-14 Location: Bldg 2N, Press Conf. Room Subject: ISS Program Status and Spacewalk Preview Briefing with PAO Moderator Dan Huot, ISS Flight Director, Brian Smith and Lead Spacewalk Officer, Glenda Brown Photographer: James Blair
iss063e053998 (July 21, 2020) --- NASA spacewalkers (from left) Bob Behnken and Chris Cassidy give a thumbs up during a spacewalk to install hardware and upgrade International Space Station systems. This photograph was taken by an Expedition 63 crew member inside the cupola, the orbiting lab's "window to the world."
iss069e005734 (April 28, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi are pictured in their Extravehicular Mobility Units, or spacesuits, on the International Space Station's starboard truss structure during a spacewalk. The duo would spend seven hours and one minute in the vacuum of space routing cables and installing insulation readying the orbital outpost for its next set of roll-out solar arrays due to be installed after their delivery on the next SpaceX Dragon cargo mission.
iss069e005729 (April 28, 2023) --- UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi is pictured in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, outside the International Space Station's Quest airlock during his first spacewalk. He and NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen (out of frame) would spend seven hours and one minute in the vacuum of space routing cables and installing insulation readying the orbital outpost for its next set of roll-out solar arrays due to be installed after their delivery on the next SpaceX Dragon cargo mission.
jsc2025e041069 (April 23, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a spacewalk training session at Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/David DeHoyos
jsc2025e041073 (April 23, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a spacewalk training session at Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/David DeHoyos
iss072e487421 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams is pictured during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station where she replaced a rate gyro assembly that helps maintain the orientation of the orbital outpost.
iss073e0988184 (Oct. 28, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky is pictured in his Orlan spacesuit conducting a spacewalk 262 miles above Earth. During the spacewalk, Zubritsky installed a pulse plasma injector, cleaned a window on the Nauka science module, replaced a materials science cassette on Nauka, and moved a controller interface for the European robotic arm.
iss074e0402919 (March 18, 2026) -- NASA astronaut Chris Williams is pictured outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk to complete the build and installation of a modification kit ahead of future solar array installation on the 2A power channel of the space station. It was William’s first spacewalk of his career, and the 278th in support of space station maintenance, upgrades, and assembly. Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir
iss074e0402919 (March 18, 2026) -- NASA astronaut Chris Williams is pictured outside the International Space Station during a spacewalk to complete the build and installation of a modification kit ahead of future solar array installation on the 2A power channel of the space station. It was William’s first spacewalk of his career, and the 278th in support of space station maintenance, upgrades, and assembly. Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir
iss073e0988292 (Oct. 28, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky is pictured in his Orlan spacesuit conducting a spacewalk 271 miles above Earth. During the the spacewalk, Zubritsky installed a pulse plasma injector, cleaned a window on the Nauka science module, replaced a materials science cassette on Nauka, and moved a controller interface for the European robotic arm.
iss072e472714 (Jan. 14, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Butch Wilmore configures spacewalking hardware aboard the International Space Station's Unity module.
ISS018-E-014401 (23 Dec. 2008) --- Cosmonaut Yury Lonchakov, Expedition 18 flight engineer, performs a task during the Dec. 23 spacewalk on the International Space Station.
iss069e008757 (May 3, 2023) --- Roscosmos spacewalkers Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin work outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment during the installation of an experiment airlock on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.
iss074e0404626 (March 18, 2026) -- NASA astronaut Chris Williams is pictured outside the International Space Station during a seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk on March 18, 2026. Credit: NASA/Jack Hathaway
iss073e0008841 (May 1, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers is pictured during a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation system and relocate a communications antenna.
iss069e010435 (May 12, 2023) --- Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin work outside the International Space Station to deploy and activate a radiator on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module during a five-hour and 14-minute spacewalk. From top to bottom, the main station elements are Nauka with the European robotic arm and an experiment airlock attached, the Prichal docking module, and the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship.
iss069e010448 (May 12, 2023) --- Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin work outside the International Space Station to deploy and activate a radiator on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module during a five-hour and 14-minute spacewalk. From top to bottom, the main station elements are Nauka, with the European robotic arm and an experiment airlock attached, the Prichal docking module, and the Soyuz MS-23 crew ship.
iss069e010437 (May 12, 2023) --- Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin work outside the International Space Station to deploy and activate a radiator on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module during a five-hour and 14-minute spacewalk. The duo from Roscosmos is seen working outside Nauka, with its experiment airlock attached, and the Prichal docking module.
iss069e010450 (May 12, 2023) --- Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin work outside the International Space Station to deploy and activate a radiator on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module during a five-hour and 14-minute spacewalk. The duo from Roscosmos is seen working outside Nauka, with its experiment airlock attached, and the Prichal docking module.
iss069e007992 (April 28, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi are pictured in their Extravehicular Mobility Units, or spacesuits, during a seven-hour and one-minute spacewalk routing cables and installing insulation readying the orbital outpost for its next set of roll-out solar arrays due to be installed after their delivery on the next SpaceX Dragon cargo mission.
iss072e921946 (April 7, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Anne McClain works inside the Quest airlock assembling hardware that will be installed during an upcoming spacewalk to prepare the International Space Station for a new rollout solar array. On either side of McClain, are two spacesuits staged inside Quest being readied for the maintenance spacewalk.
iss074e0364697 (March 5, 2026) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 flight engineer Chris Williams familiarizes himself with the hardware he will use to install a modification kit and route cables on the port side of the International Space Station during a spacewalk with fellow NASA astronaut Jessica Meir. The duo will use the hardware to prepare the orbital outpost for a future roll‑out solar array that will be installed during a later spacewalk. Credit: NASA/Jack Hathaway
iss074e0364708 (March 5, 2026) --- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, familiarize themselves with the hardware they will use to install a modification kit and route cables on the port side of the International Space Station. The duo will conduct a spacewalk using the hardware to prepare the orbital outpost for a future roll‑out solar array that will be installed during a later spacewalk. Credit: NASA/Jack Hathaway
iss073e0988203 (Oct. 28, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts (top to bottom) Alexey Zubritsky and Sergey Ryzhikov are pictured in their Orlan spacesuits conducting a spacewalk 270 miles above southern Argentina. During the spacewalk, the duo installed a pulse plasma injector, cleaned a window on the Nauka science module, replaced a materials science cassette on Nauka, and moved a controller interface for the European robotic arm.
iss073e0988196 (Oct. 28, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Alexey Zubritsky is pictured in his Orlan spacesuit conducting a spacewalk 269 miles above Earth. During the spacewalk, Zubritsky installed a pulse plasma injector, cleaned a window on the Nauka science module, replaced a materials science cassette on Nauka, and moved a controller interface for the European robotic arm.
iss072e422426 (Dec. 27, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams wears a virtual reality headset and practices emergency maneuvers a spacewalker would use in the unlikely event they became untethered from the International Space Station. During spacewalks astronauts wear U.S. spacesuits with a jetpack installed called a SAFER, or Simplified Aid for EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) Rescue, that contains a controller and thrusters used to guide a crew member back to the safety of the orbital outpost.
iss072e422431 (Dec. 27, 2024) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams wears a virtual reality headset and practices emergency maneuvers a spacewalker would use in the unlikely event they became untethered from the International Space Station. During spacewalks astronauts wear U.S. spacesuits with a jetpack installed called a SAFER, or Simplified Aid for EVA (Extra Vehicular Activity) Rescue, that contains a controller and thrusters used to guide a crew member back to the safety of the orbital outpost.
jsc2026e006041 (Feb. 10, 2026) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a spacewalk training session at Johnson Space Center's Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/James Blair
S115-E-05783 (13 Sept. 2006) --- Astronauts Daniel C. Burbank (right) and Steven G. MacLean representing the Canadian Space Agency, participate in the second of three scheduled spacewalks for the Space Shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station crewmembers as construction resumes on the orbital outpost. The two STS-115 mission specialists are translating along the side of one of the station's trusses.
iss073e0981126 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Ryzhikov is pictured attached to the end effector of the European robotic arm, holding the high-resolution camera (HRC) monoblock he removed during a six-hour and nine-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment. The HRC monoblock is part of a scientific optical telescope system designed to test compact radio-optical detectors for Earth observation, ecological monitoring, and emergency response.
S115-E-05813 (13 Sept. 2006) --- Astronauts Steven G. MacLean representing the Canadian Space Agency, and Daniel C. Burbank, both STS-115 mission specialists, participate in the second of three scheduled spacewalks for the Space Shuttle Atlantis and International Space Station crewmembers as construction resumes on the orbital outpost. The two STS-115 mission specialists are translating along the side of one of the station's trusses.
iss073e0880941 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts (from left) Sergey Ryzhikov and Alexey Zubritsky are pictured inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module dressing up and preparing for a spacewalk. The duo would install a semiconductor materials experiment, remove a high-resolution camera monoblock, clean a window on the Zvezda service module, and remove a materials exposure experiment container during the six-hour and nine-minute excursion.
iss074e0403696 (March 18, 2026) -- NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Chris Williams are pictured outside the International Space Station during a seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk on March 18, 2026. Credit: NASA/Jack Hathaway
iss074e0402922 (March 18, 2026) -- NASA astronaut Chris Williams smiles at the camera while conducting a spacewalk outside the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/Jessica Meir
iss074e0403652 (March 18, 2026) -- NASA astronaut Jessica Meir waves at the camera during a seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station on March 18, 2026. Credit: NASA/Jack Hathaway
iss072e488718 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague is pictured during a six-hour spacewalk for science and maintenance on the International Space Station.
iss069e005093 (April 24, 2023) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen is pictured trying on his Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, and testing it ahead of a spacewalk planned for Friday, April 28. Bowen, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, will spend about six-and-a-half hours in the vacuum of space continuing to upgrade the International Space Station’s power generation system readying the orbiting lab for its next set of roll-out solar arrays.
iss069e005102 (April 24, 2023) --- UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi is pictured trying on his Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, and testing it ahead of a spacewalk planned for Friday, April 28. Alneyadi, along with NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen, will spend about six-and-a-half hours in the vacuum of space continuing to upgrade the International Space Station’s power generation system readying the orbiting lab for its next set of roll-out solar arrays.
jsc2026e000427 (Jan. 7, 2026) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a spacewalk training session while wearing virtual reality goggles at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/David DeHoyos
jsc2026e000421 (Jan. 7, 2026) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon participates in a spacewalk training session while wearing virtual reality goggles at Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, ahead of his upcoming mission to the International Space Station. Credit: NASA/David DeHoyos
iss073e0008882 (May 1, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Nichole Ayers is pictured inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock after completing a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station's power generation system and relocate a communications antenna.
iss072e487415 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Flight Engineer Nick Hague is pictured shortly after he exited the International Space Station's Quest airlock beginning a spacewalk to service astrophysics hardware including the NICER X-ray telescope and the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
iss072e488376 (Jan. 16, 2025) --- NASA astronaut and Expedition 72 Commander Suni Williams is pictured during a six-hour spacewalk for science and maintenance on the International Space Station. At upper right, is the SpaceX Dragon crew spacecraft docked to the Harmony module's space-facing port.
iss074e0404896 (March 18, 2026) -- NASA astronauts Chris Williams (left) and Jessica Meir (right) are pictured installing a roll-out solar array modification kit to the International Space Station during a seven-hour, two-minute spacewalk on March 18, 2026. Credit: NASA
iss073e0010607 (May 1, 2025) --- NASA astronauts Anne McClain (top) and Nichole Ayers (below), both Expedition 73 flight engineers, are pictured near one of the International Space Station's main solar arrays during a spacewalk to upgrade the orbital outpost's power generation system and relocate a communications antenna.
iss069e005717 (April 28, 2023) --- UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut and Expedition 69 Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi is pictured in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit, or spacesuit, preparing to exit the International Space Station's Quest airlock and begin his first spacewalk. He and NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen (out of frame) would spend seven hours and one minute in the vacuum of space routing cables and installing insulation readying the orbital outpost for its next set of roll-out solar arrays due to be installed after their delivery on the next SpaceX Dragon cargo mission.
ISS046e025801 (01/27/2016) --- NASA astronaut Scott Kelly relocates spacewalk hardware and suits inside the Quest airlock on Jan. 27, 2016.
iss073e0981212 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov (left) and Alexey Zubritsky (bottom right) work together to remove a high-resolution camera (HRC) monoblock during a six-hour and nine-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment. The HRC monoblock is part of a scientific optical telescope system designed to test compact radio-optical detectors for Earth observation, ecological monitoring, and emergency response.
iss073e0881098 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Zubritsky (left) and Sergey Ryzhikov (right) are pictured during a six-hour and nine-minute spacewalk outside the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment. The duo installed a semiconductor materials experiment, removed a high-resolution camera monoblock, cleaned a window on the Zvezda service module, and removed a materials exposure experiment container.
iss073e0881103 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexey Zubritsky (center) and Sergey Ryzhikov (upper right) are pictured during a spacewalk outside the Roscosmos segment of the International Space Station. During the six-hour and nine-minute excursion, the duo installed a semiconductor materials experiment, removed a high-resolution camera monoblock, cleaned a window on the Zvezda service module, and dismantled a materials exposure container.
iss073e0881198 (Oct. 16, 2025) --- Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexey Zubritsky is pictured during a six-hour and nine-minute spacewalk on the International Space Station's Roscosmos segment 265 miles above Earth. Zubritsky helped install a semiconductor materials experiment, remove a high-resolution camera monoblock, clean a window on the Zvezda service module, and remove a materials exposure experiment container.