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Walking in Space

Astronauts make Walking in Space look easy. But astronauts use a lot of tools and equipment to help them do their job and stay safe. This gallery is filled with photos of astronauts on spacewalks. The pictures show tools like handrails and foot restraints that astronauts use to move around on spacewalks. They show some of the work astronauts do on spacewalks and how spacewalkers stay safe. The gallery also highlights some of NASA's most historic spacewalks.

An Astronaut in a spacesuit smiles while waving at the camera while on a spacewalk.
NASA astronaut Ed White free floating in space during a spacewalk.
NASA astronaut Ed White free floating in space during a spacewalk.
This week in 1969, Apollo 9 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean following a successful 10-day mission.
This week in 1969, Apollo 9 splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean following a successful 10-day mission.
Astronaut Ronald E. Evans, Jr., Apollo 17 command module pilot, is photographed performing a spacewalk during the spacecraft's trans-Earth coast....
Astronaut in spacesuit working outside Apollo lunar module
This onboard photograph depicts Astronaut Owen Garriott atop the Apollo Telescope Mount, removing a film magazine (white box) from one...
Owen Garriott performs an EVA on the Skylab space station
Astronauts Story Musgrave, left, and Don Peterson float in the cargo bay of the Earth-orbiting space shuttle Challenger during their...
Astronauts on tethered spacewalk in cargo bay of space shuttle
Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, participates in the Aug. 6, 1973 spacewalk. The shield protected part of Skylab...
Astronaut Jack R. Lousma, Skylab 3 pilot, participates in the Aug. 6, 1973 spacewalk.
On Feb. 12, 1984, astronaut Bruce McCandless, ventured further away from the confines and safety of his ship than any...
Astronaut Bruce McCandless floats in space using a jetpack
41G-13-032 (11 Oct. 1984) --- Astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan checks the latch of the SIR-B antenna in the space shuttle...
Left to right, astronauts Richard Hieb, Thomas Akers and Pierre Thuot pull a satellite into the space shuttle's cargo bay...
Three Astronauts on a spacewalk in the dark work to pull a satellite into the space shuttle.
Astronaut Kathryn C. Thornton works with equipment associated with servicing the Hubble Space Telescope during the fourth extravehicular activity on...
Space Shuttle - December 1993
Astronaut Carl Meade (left) wears the backpack called SAFER. Astronaut Mark Lee stands connected to the space shuttle robotic arm....
STS-63 astronauts Bernard A. Harris, Jr., payload commander (right), and C. Michael Foale, mission specialist (left), are ready to exit...
Two astronauts in spacesuits in airlock aboard shuttle Discovery
Onboard Space Shuttle Columbia's (STS-87) first ever Extravehicular Activity (EVA), astronaut Takao Doi works with a 156-pound crane carried onboard...
Astronaut James H. Newman waves during a spacewalk preparing for release of the first combined elements of the International Space...
Astronaut James H. Newman waves during a spacewalk preparing for release of the first combined elements of the International Spa
Astronaut Robert Curbeam dons, or puts on, his spacesuit before going on a spacewalk. He is wearing a liquid cooling...
Astronaut Robert Curbeam inside, wearing a white bodysuit and smiling at the camera.
ISS002-E-7028 (22 April 2001) --- Astronaut Scott E. Parazynski, STS-100 mission specialist, peers into the Destiny/U.S. Laboratory's nadir window during...
Astronaut Piers Sellers works on the space station. He is using a foot restraint on the Canadarm2 robotic arm to...
Astronaut John Herrington is suited up and ready to leave the airlock to begin a spacewalk. Herrington was the first...
Astronaut Chris Hadfield seems to be dangling upside down in the shadow of the International Space Station. But he is...
It was "Installation Day" on the International Space Station. The Atlantis and Expedition 13 crews worked on attaching the P3/P4...
Installation Day
An astronaut's helmet has lights on it. When astronauts on a spacewalk are working in the dark, they can turn...
An astronaut works in the dark, with the lights in their suit on.
Astronaut Sunita L. Williams, Expedition 14 flight engineer, used a pistol grip tool as she worked on the International Space...
Reconfiguring the Station
While anchored to a foot restraint on the end of the Orbiter Boom Sensor System, astronaut Scott Parazynski assesses his...
Dangerous Maneuvers
Backdropped by a sparkling blue and white Earth, Expedition 16 commander Peggy A. Whitson participated in the 100th spacewalk for...
Whitson Makes History
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we're celebrating the contributions of the brilliant Hispanic women and men of NASA. In this...
Astronaut in spacesuit on spacewalk
Visible through a window on Endeavour's aft flight deck, astronaut Rick Linnehan participates in the mission's third scheduled spacewalk. During...
The View From Above
Expedition 16 flight engineer Daniel Tani smiles while participating in an extravehicular activity outside the space station. Earth’s blue waters...
Anchored to the Canadarm2 mobile foot restraint, STS-123 mission specialist Rick Linnehan takes a picture during the mission's third spacewalk.
A tool bag used during spacewalks drifts away from the space station. This happened during space shuttle mission STS-126. Grease...
Even tools must be tethered in space. Astronauts always make sure their tools are connected to their spacesuits so the...
Astronaut Andrew Feustel helps install the Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope. The camera is about the...
STS-125 Mission Specialists Michael Good (left) and Mike Massimino participate in the mission's fourth session of extravehicular activity as work...
Fourth EVA in Progress
Astronaut Christopher Cassidy wears many tools for his spacewalk outside the International Space Station. He is wearing a tether. It...
Astronaut John Grunsfeld performs work on the Hubble Space Telescope as the first of five STS-125 spacewalks kicks off a...
A Week of Work
Astronaut Dave Wolf gets ready to enter the airlock on the International Space Station. Astronaut Christopher Cassidy’s feet and backpack...
S131-E-008953 (11 April 2010) --- NASA astronauts Rick Mastracchio (left) and Clayton Anderson, both STS-131 mission specialists, participate in the...
S134-E-008955 (25 May 2011) --- With components of the International Space Station in the view, NASA astronauts Andrew Feustel (left)...