Astronaut flexes his muscles mid-spacewalk photo of the day for July 7, 2026
NASA astronaut Chris Williams performed a playful 'Muscle Beach' pose during a 7-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station. The mission involved maintenance work on the station's Canadarm2 robotic arm.
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It provides a humanizing look at the extreme physical and mental demands of space exploration while highlighting ongoing maintenance of critical orbital infrastructure.
Human Spaceflight Astronaut flexes his muscles mid-spacewalk | Space photo of the day for July 7, 2026 News By Chelsea Gohd Published 7 July 2026 A Muscle Beach pose outside the International Space Station.
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