Austria Stamps On 50yrs Of First Human Spaceflight By Yuri Gagarin

Austria Post Released A Stamp To Mark 50th Anniversary of First Manned Space Flight By Yuri Gagarin.The Stamp carries a picture from NASA image archive of STS-129 Shuttle Mission.The Postmark bears picture of Yuri Gagarin.

Stamp Of Austria Showing Randy Bresnik During A Spacewalk On STS-129 Mission

Austria Post Released A Stamp To Mark 50th Anniversary of First Manned Space Flight By Yuri Gagarin.The Stamp carries a picture from NASA image archive of STS-129 Shuttle Mission.The Postmark bears picture of Yuri Gagarin.

In The Picture Astronaut Randy Bresnik is shown near the Columbus laboratory.Bresnik a STS-129 mission specialist, participated in the STS-129 mission's second session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as part of construction and maintenance  on the International Space Station.

During the 6-hour, 8-minute spacewalk, Bresnik and astronaut Mike Foreman (out of frame), mission specialist, installed a Grappling Adaptor to On-Orbit Railing Assembly, or GATOR, on the Columbus laboratory. GATOR contains a ship-tracking antenna system and a HAM radio antenna.

Image Of Randy Bresnik Near Colombus Laboratory Of STS-129

Image Credit : NASA

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