Astronaut Exit into Space - Spacewalk: Extrahicular release of Mike Fossum for an International Space...

Astronaut Exit into Space - Spacewalk: Extrahicular release of Mike Fossum for an International Space Station (ISS) maintenance operation. 12/07/2011. With his feet secured on a restraint on the space station remote manipulator system's robotic arm or Canadarm2, NASA astronaut Mike Fossum (lower right side of frame) holds the Robotics Refueling Mission payload, which was the focus of one of the primary chores accomplished on a six and a half hour spacewalk on July 12. Dextre, also known as the Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator or SPDM, is holding the CTC-2, delivered by HTV-2, in the upper left corner of the photo. NASA astronauts Fossum and Ron Garan performed the six-hour, 31-minute spacewalk, which represents the final scheduled extravehicular activity during shuttle missions. 12 July 2011.