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Image: NASA image STS37-051-021 Jay Apt on the first EVA of STS-37 with CGRO

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Description: The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory looms over STS-37 Mission Specialist Jay Apt as he works his way along the payload bay of space shuttle Atlantis during the mission's first spacewalk. The unscheduled EVA was needed to free Compton's high-gain antenna, which was stuck in its launch configuration.
Title: NASA image STS37-051-021 Jay Apt on the first EVA of STS-37 with CGRO
Credit: http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12194 (image link)
Author: NASA/Jerry Ross
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License: Public domain
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