Why can’t you see stars during footage of spacewalks? Why does space appear totally black?

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[For example](https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/styles/side_image/public/thumbnails/image/s84-27018.jpg?itok=iwWtIpvc)

In: Earth Science

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Unrelated but what’s going on in the image above? I always thought they’re tethered to the ship not just floating around solo like that when out on space walks.