Removing the shield

ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano's first #SpacewalkForAMS. During his Beyond mission on the International Space Station, Luca and NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan are performing a series of complex spacewalks to service the cosmic ray detecting Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer AMS-02. This first spacewalk took place 15 November 2019.
In this image Luca is seen performing his first AMS task, which is to remove the instrument's debris shield and hand it to Drew who will cast it away to burn up harmlessly in Earth's atmosphere. Doing so will provide the pair with their first look at the worksite.