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The first Space Shuttle EVA

STS-6 astronauts F. Story Musgrave (left) and Donald H. Peterson during the first Shuttle EVA in 1983.
STS-6 astronauts F. Story Musgrave (left) and Donald H. Peterson during the first Shuttle
EVA in 1983. Photo: NASA

The first spacewalk to be performed outside the Space Shuttle happened on April 7, 1983. NASA astronauts F. Story Musgrave and Donald Peterson conducted this historic EVA, which occurred during the maiden flight of Challenger.

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