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Sunday, May 30, 1999 Published at 09:48 GMT 10:48 UK

 Picture gallery: The walk in space

 Two astronauts are levered into space on a robotic arm from the shuttle Discovery to fix cranes on the new International Space Station, 230 miles from Earth.
![[ image: Astronauts Tammy Jernigan, left, and Daniel Barry, take a Russian crane from Discovery]](https://www.bbc.com/olmedia/355000/images/_356370_spacewalk_gall1.jpg) | | Astronauts Tammy Jernigan, left, and Daniel Barry, take a Russian crane from Discovery |
![[ image: The astronauts work to install one of the cranes on the space station]](https://www.bbc.com/olmedia/355000/images/_356370_spacewalk_gall4.jpg) | | The astronauts work to install one of the cranes on the space station |
![[ image: Barry, left, helps Jernigan get her feet into a restraint at the end of the shuttle's robotic arm]](https://www.bbc.com/olmedia/355000/images/_356370_spacewalk_gall2.jpg) | | Barry, left, helps Jernigan get her feet into a restraint at the end of the shuttle's robotic arm |
![[ image: Jernigan, left, and Barry, right, prepare to install the cranes]](https://www.bbc.com/olmedia/355000/images/_356370_spacewalk_gall3.jpg) | | Jernigan, left, and Barry, right, prepare to install the cranes |
![[ image: Contact: Discovery docks with the space station for the first time]](https://www.bbc.com/olmedia/355000/images/_356370_spacewalk_gall6.jpg) | | Contact: Discovery docks with the space station for the first time |
![[ image: The space station is pictured shortly before Discovery makes contact]](https://www.bbc.com/olmedia/355000/images/_356370_spacewalk_gall5.jpg) | | The space station is pictured shortly before Discovery makes contact |



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