December 15, 2012 at 3:33 pm

Picture of the Day: Greetings Earthlings

by twistedsifter

 

GREETINGS EARTHLINGS

 

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Photograph by NASA/Steve Robinson

 

STS-114 astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves from the Shuttle payload bay, backdropped by the Earth below. During the mission’s second spacewalk, Noguchi and Discovery crewmate Steve Robinson replaced a failed gyroscope which keeps the International Space Station in the proper position in orbit.

STS-114 was the first “Return to Flight” Space Shuttle mission following the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. The Space Shuttle Discovery launched at 10:39 EDT (14:39 UTC), 26 July 2005.

Soichi Noguchi is the fifth Japanese astronaut to fly in space and the fourth to fly on the space shuttle. STS-114 was his first spaceflight ever.

 

 

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