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Vasili V. Tsibliyev EVA - Mir station 04/1997

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-mir06-30027

Date

2014-03-01

This photograph, taken by NASA/Mir 23's Jerry M. Linenger, guest researcher, shows Mir 23 commander Vasili V. Tsibliyev during a five-hour spacewalk performed by the two outside the Russian Mir Space Station. Tsibliyev in new ORLAN-M space suit marked with red stripes works at the end of Strehla pole backdropped by Base Block and Kvant-1 module. The tower-like structure in lower left is Sofora, which once was used for an experiment in attitude control on the Mir.