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NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough during his fourth spacewalk, on Friday 13 January 2017. Together with ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, he spent five hours and 58 minutes outside the Space Station to complete a battery upgrade to the outpost’s power system.
Thomas commented on this picture: "Shane was a rockstar out there and the best teacher."
Follow Thomas and his six-month Proxima mission via thomaspesquet.esa.int