Astronaut James H. Newman, waves at camera during the early stages of a 7-hour, 21-minute spacewalk on the first mission of the Space Shuttle to the International Space Station, December, 1998. Astronauts Newman and Jerry L. Ross, both mission specialists, went on to mate 40 cables and connectors running 76 feet from the Zarya control module to the Unity connecting module, with the 35-ton complex towering over Endeavour's cargo bay.