On the second day of joint activities between the STS-127 astronauts and ISS Expedition 20 crewmembers, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata are pictured onboard the orbital outpost. They are among 11 astronauts and cosmonauts who remained inside the shuttle and station to provide support while two crewmembers performed the first spacewalk to continue work on the station.
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On the second day of joint activities between the STS-127 astronauts and ISS Expedition 20 crewmembers, Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette and Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata are pictured onboard the orbital outpost. They are among 11 astronauts and cosmonauts who remained inside the shuttle and station to provide support while two crewmembers performed the first spacewalk to continue work on the station.