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When spacewalking becomes a spectator sport

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Aquilla trained her entire life for synchronized spacewalk event, but after Dorna broke her back in a freak stratojump accident, she decided to perform their routine alone. Thousands of spectators swarmed the orbital skybox, gawking as she floated and flailed, untethered in space. A collage by Joseba Elorza.

Astronaut [Joseba Elorza via this isn’t happiness]

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