They used a toothbrush to repair one of mankind’s most ambitious science projects ever.
Astronauts are boss.
Spacewalking Astronaut ‘Touches’ the Sun
In legend, the bright sun was a dazzling temptation for Icarus and so, too, it is for NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, who appears to touch our closest star in a photo snapped during a spacewalk this week.
Astronauts Williams and Hoshide spent six hours and 28 minutes working to remove a stuck bolt using improvised tools made from spare parts, including a toothbrush.
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"I want to go places and see people. I want my mind to grow. I want to live where things happen on a big scale."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Ice Palace (via mentalfornication)
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Heinrich Doll . Hans Walter Henrich . Klaus Humpert | State Building Department II . Block of Flats . Lahr . Germany . 1959-62
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And this boys and girls is why Eden Carter doesn’t believe in the insignificant fairy tales we call religion.
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