Celebrating the International Space Station (ISS)

Assembly of the International Space Station would not have been possible without the skilled work of dozens of astronauts and cosmonauts performing intricate tasks in bulky spacesuits in the harsh environment of space. Spacewalks, or extravehicular activities (EVAs), were indispensable to the assembly of station and, today, remain important to the continued maintenance of the world-class laboratory in low-Earth orbit.

Read more about Spacewalking History here.