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Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb
Astronaut Jim Reilly (on robot arm) joins forces with his colleagues inside the shuttle and station, as well as flight controllers in Houston, to complete the delicate process of folding an older solar array so that it can be moved from its temporary location to its permanent home during a shuttle mission this fall.

Astronaut Jim Reilly (on robot arm) joins forces with his colleagues inside the shuttle and station, as well as flight controllers in Houston, to complete the delicate process of folding an older solar array so that it can be moved from its temporary location to its permanent home during a shuttle mission this fall. This was part of a 7-hour, 58-minute spacewalk that occurred on Friday, June 15.Image credit: NASA