Astronaut and spacewalker Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) soars 250 miles above the Earth's surface attached to an articulated portable foot restraint, connected to the tip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm. He and fellow astronaut Andrew Morgan (out of frame) were conducting the second spacewalk to repair the International Space Station's cosmic particle detector, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.
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Astronaut and spacewalker Luca Parmitano of ESA (European Space Agency) soars 250 miles above the Earth's surface attached to an articulated portable foot restraint, connected to the tip of the Canadarm2 robotic arm. He and fellow astronaut Andrew Morgan (out of frame) were conducting the second spacewalk to repair the International Space Station's cosmic particle detector, the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer.