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Spacewalk
“No matter how many Extra Vehicular Activities you do, it’s NEVER just casual when you venture outside of the Space Station — space is the most extreme environment human beings have ever been exposed to. NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, the team and myself were entirely focused during the three EVAs we performed together during the Alpha mission.”
Sortie extravéhiculaire
« Peu importe le nombre de fois où on sort dans l’espace — l’environnement le plus extrême auquel l’être humain ait jamais été exposé — ça ne devient JAMAIS une routine. Mon collègue de la NASA Shane Kimbrough, les équipes au sol et à bord de la Station et moi-même étions entièrement concentrés pour nos trois sorties ensemble de la mission Alpha .»
Text by Thomas Pesquet.
Texte de Thomas Pesquet.