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Review
. 2009 Jun 9;180(12):1216-20.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.081125. Epub 2009 Jun 1.

The space-flight environment: the International Space Station and beyond

Robert Thirsk  1 , Andre Kuipers, Chiaki Mukai, David Williams
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Review

The space-flight environment: the International Space Station and beyond

Robert Thirsk et al. CMAJ. .
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During the first spacewalk of NASA mission STS-118, Canadian astronaut Dave Williams worked on the P6 module of the International Space Station.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour’s orbital manoeuvring system pods and vertical stabilizer are shown in this image while the shuttle was docked on the International Space Station during mission STS-118.
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Robert Thirsk is pictured working in the spacelab during mission STS-78, his first flight, in 1996.
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Dave Williams floats near the torso portions of 2 spacesuits in the Quest Airlock of the International Space Station.
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