Mir station: exit of Vasili V. Tsibliyev 04/1997 - Exit into space of cosmonaut Vasili...

Mir station: exit of Vasili V. Tsibliyev 04/1997 - Exit into space of cosmonaut Vasili V. Tsibliyev on 29 April 1997. In the background the Kvant module of the Mir space station. This photograph, taken by NASA/Mir 23's Jerry M. Linenger, guest researcher, shows Mir 23 commander Vasili V. Tsibliyev during a five - hour spacewalk performed by the two outside the Russian Mir Space Station. Tsibliyev in new ORLAN - M space suit marked with red stripes works at the end of Strehla pole backdropped by Base Block and Kvant - 1 module. The tower - like structure in lower left is Sofora, which once was used for an experiment in attitude control on the Mir