Spacewalk Photos: Cosmonauts Tackle HD Cameras on Space Station - Dec. 27, 2013

Russian Cosmonauts On Spacewalk: Dec. 27, 2013

NASA TV

Cosmonauts Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander, and flight engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Dec. 27, 2013. One of the cosmonauts is visible in this view from the other's spacesuit helmet camera.

The spacewalkers spent 8 hours, 7 minutes outside the space station - a new duration record for Russian spacewalks. See more photos of the spacewalk here. [Read the Full Spacewalk Story Here]

Russian Cosmonauts Take Spacewalk: Dec. 27, 2013

NASA/Rick Mastracchio, via @AstroRM

Cosmonauts Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander, and flight engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Dec. 27, 2013. NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio took this photo from inside the station. [Read the Full Spacewalk Story Here]

UrtheCast Camera Installed on Space Station: Dec. 27, 2013

NASA TV

A high-resolution Urthecast Earth observation camera is seen on the exterior of the International Space Station after being installed by Russian spacewalkers Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy on Dec. 27, 2013. The commercial camera will be used by Urthecast stream live views of Earth on the Internet. [Read the Full Spacewalk Story Here]

UrtheCast Cameras on Space Station: Graphic

NASA

This NASA graphic shows how the commercial UrtheCast cameras are set up on the International Space Station after the Dec. 27, 2013 spacewalk by Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy. [Read the Full Spacewalk Story Here]

Cosmonaut Spacewalkers for Dec. 27, 2013

NASA TV

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy took a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Dec. 27, 2013 to install commercial Earth observation cameras for the company UrtheCast and swap out experiments on the orbiting laboratory's hull. [Read the Full Spacewalk Story Here]

Spacewalking Cosmonauts Outside Station: Dec. 27, 2013

NASA TV

Cosmonauts Oleg Kotov, Expedition 38 commander, and flight engineer Sergey Ryazanskiy perform a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Dec. 27, 2013. One of the cosmonauts is visible in this view from the other's spacesuit helmet camera. [Read the Full Spacewalk Story Here]

Cosmonauts Retrieve UrtheCast Camera

NASA TV

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy retrieve an UrtheCast high-resolution camera from the International Space Station's exterior during a Dec. 27, 2013 spacewalk following a technical glitch. [Read the Full Spacewalk Story Here]

Cosmonaut Spacewalkers for Dec. 27, 2013

NASA

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Kotov and Sergey Ryazanskiy took a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Dec. 27, 2013 to install commercial Earth observation cameras for the company UrtheCast and swap out experiments on the orbiting laboratory's hull. [Read the Full Spacewalk Story Here]

ISS Crew Locations: Dec. 27, 2013 Spacewalk

NASA

This NASA graphic shows the locations of the six Expedition 38 crew members during a Russian spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Dec. 27, 2013. [Read the Full Spacewalk Story Here]

UrtheCast HD Video Camera for Space

UrtheCast

The Canadian company UrtheCast plans to launch high-definition video cameras like this one to the International Space Station to beam near real-time views of Earth from space. [Read the Full Spacewalk Story Here]

UrtheCast video

UrtheCast on YouTube

An example of what an UrtheCast video would look like. UrtheCast is a startup that plans to mount high-definition cameras underneath the International Space Station, to stream slightly delayed video of the Earth from space. [Read the Full Spacewalk Story Here]

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