1-154-933 - NASA/Oxford Science Archive/Heritage Images

Astronaut on EVA from the Space Shuttle Atlantis, 1985. Astronaut Woody Spring is shown during Extra Vehicular Activity (EVA) from Shuttle Atlantis attached to the robot arm, Remote Manipulator System (RMS), moving a space structure. This is one of the experiments that studied space construction techniques in preparation for the building of the international space station at the beginning of the next century. Space Shuttle Mission 61-B was launched on 26 November 1985 and was the second flight of Atlantis.