Lopez-Alegria smiles through the helmet of his EMU during preparations for STS-113 EVA 1 in the Quest A/L

STS113-360-030 (26 November 2002) --- Astronaut Michael E. Lopez-Alegria, STS-113 mission specialist, attired in his Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) spacesuit, is pictured in the Quest Airlock on the International Space Station (ISS). Lopez-Alegria was about to begin the first of three scheduled STS-113 spacewalks to perform work on the station. In cooperation with the rest of the shuttle and station crewmembers, Lopez-Alegria and John B. Herrington went on to complete a smooth spacewalk to hook up connections between the Port One (P1) truss and the rest of the station.