Friday, January 15, 2010

APOD 2.5

The APOD from the 11th of January shows astronaut Dale Gardner capturing the Westar 6 satelite. The image is striking because it shows a man with no tether floating in the vacuum of space, with only a small back-pack to get him back to the relative safety of the space shuttle Discovery, and a few layers of rubber and fabric to protect him from the harshness of space.

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