NASA astronaut Sunita Williams floats outside the International Space Station's Quest airlock just after beginning a maintenance spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012, in this view from a NASA camera on the station's exterior.
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (left) and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (right) begin a planned 6.5-hour spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Aug. 30, 2012, in this still from a NASA TV broadcast.
Japanese spacewalker Akihiko Hoshide is pictured holding a failed power switching unit during a spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012. In the photo, Hoshide is riding on the end of the space station's robotic arm.
A photo of Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide on the end of the International Space Station's robotic arm during a spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012.
A view from the camera mounted on Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide's helmet during the Expedition 32 spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012. Hoshide is loosening screws on a power unit on the exterior of the International Space Station.
A view of Earth below from the helmet camera of Japanese spacewalker Akihiko Hoshide on Aug. 30, 2012. The gold, cylindrical spacecraft parked to the right in the photo is the Japanese robotic HTV-3 cargo freighter.
This view from Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide's helmet camera shows him snapping a photo of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams as he flies past her on the tip of the space station's robotic arm during a spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012..
A view of the International Space Station's robotic arm during the Expedition 32 spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012. During the spacewalk, Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide rode on the end of the robotic arm to reach a power unit on the exterior of the station.
A view from the helmet camera of spacewalker Akihiko Hoshide during a spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (out of frame), performed a spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station on Aug. 30, 2012.
Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA waves while testing his spacesuit inside the International Space Station ahead of an Aug. 30, 2012 spacewalk with crewmate Sunita Williams of NASA. NASA astronaut Joe Acaba (left) assists.
This NASA graphic shows the two astronauts who will perform a 6.5-hour spacewalk on Nov. 1, 2012. They are: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, and Akihiko Hoshide, an astronaut with the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (out of frame), continued outfitting the International Space Station on a spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012.
With the Andros Island and other parts of the Bahamas in the backdrop, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (out of frame) work on the exterior of the International Space Station during an Aug. 30, 2012 spacewalk.
Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide completed his first spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012. Fellow spacewalker, NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, is out of frame.
Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide (left), Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko (center) and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams (right) pose for a photo in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station during preparations for a spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012.
NASA astronaut Sunita Williams hams it up for the camera while putting on an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit before a spacewalk on Aug. 30, 2012. Williams is pictured in the Quest airlock of the International Space Station.
