# @nasaartemis on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B3fhS__AAtx
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/15342642-nasaartemis-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-10-11T21:10:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA Artemis (@nasaartemis) — https://gondola.cc/nasaartemis

## Caption

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.⁣
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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.”⁣
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Keep watching www.nasa.gov for several big spacewalks coming up! ⁣
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Credit: NASA⁣
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#nasa #astronauts #explore #space #beautifulplanet #humansinspace #spacestation ⁣#justadayatwork

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