Suited up for his spacewalk, astronaut Randy Bresnik is wearing his Extravehicular Mobility Unit during an October 5 spacewalk to replace a degraded Latching End Effector on the tip of the International Space Station's robotic arm, the Canadarm2.
Image Credit: NASA
NASA: Suited Up for a Day's Work
It's remarkable that astronaut Bresnik's spacesuit looks so awkward and ungainly which it would be for any type of mission at ground level yet it's perfect for working in orbit. That array of esoteric kit on his chest makes him fantastically effective for any type of space mission.
The spacewalk is where NASA loses me as a space cowboy. Practically everyone has seen a NASA spacewalk at one time or another but I wonder about the frame of reference for the astronaut since that would mean when I'm spacewalking and I look down there won't be anything there. No way, Jose.
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