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Hello space fans! We want to send you off on your day and into the weekend with one of the prettiest space scenes that we know. ⁣Here, NASA astronaut Robert Curbeam works on the International Space Station's S1 truss during the space shuttle Discovery's STS-116 mission in Dec. 2006. European Space Agency astronaut Christer Fuglesang (out of frame) was his partner in the 6-hour, 36-minute spacewalk.⁣ ⁣ In 2007, President George W. Bush recognized Curbeam and fellow astronaut Joan Higginbotham — crewmates on Discovery's STS-116 mission, the first shuttle mission with two African-American crew members. President Bush called STS-116 "one of the most challenging missions in NASA's history.”⁣ ⁣ Keep watching nasa.gov for several big spacewalks coming up! ⁣ ⁣ Credit: NASA⁣ ⁣ #nasa #astronauts #explore #space #beautifulplanet #humansinspace #spacestation#justadayatwork

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