Astronaut Soichi Noguchi, STS-114 mission specialist representing Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), acts as observer and communication relay station between fellow spacewalker [Stephen K. Robinson (out of frame) and astronaut Andrew S. W. Thomas aboard Space Shuttle] Discovery, while perched on a Space Station truss during a part of the mission's third session of extravehicular activities (EVA) on August 3, 2005. [A portion of the thermal protection tiles on Discovery's underside is visible at lower left. The image was photographed by Robinson using a digital camera].
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