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English: The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory looms over STS-37 Mission Specialist Jay Apt as he works his way along the payload bay of space shuttle Atlantis during the mission's first spacewalk. The unscheduled EVA was needed to free Compton's high-gain antenna, which was stuck in its launch configuration.
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Source http://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12194 ( image link )
Author NASA/Jerry Ross
This image or video was catalogued by Johnson Space Center of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Photo ID: S37-51-021 and Alternate ID: STS037-51-021 .

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7 April 1991