re: STS 49
The most extraordinary spacewalk was the 3rd one on may 13th 92, during Endeavour's maiden flight : Akers, Thuot and Hieb grabbed Intelsat VI with their gloved hands..! A record braking (8:30 hours long EVA) first and only spacewalk with 3 astronauts outside and a very much improvised one too! It was live on CNN for hours during the night!
The Satellite weighed 6 tonnes...