Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev exited the space station at 10:58 a.m. ET to begin their spacewalk, which lasted for seven hours and 42 minutes. It ended at 6:40 PM ET.
Artemev was identified in the Russian Orlan spacesuit with red stripes, while Matveev was in a spacesuit with blue stripes. This was Matveev’s second spacewalk and the fifth by veteran Artemyev.
Artemyev and Matveev conducted work on the robotic arm outside the Russian Nauka multipurpose unit. Their work began during a spacewalk on April 18.
In this initial spacewalk, the duo installed and connected a 37-foot (11.3-meter) control panel. Robotic arm.
Matveev and Artemyev tested the first movements of the mechanism on Thursday. The astronauts flexed the joints of the robotic arm, released the restraints and tested its ability to grapple.
They also dumped the thermal blankets that covered the robotic arm away from the station to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.
This robotic arm will be used to help astronauts And move any items that need to be moved out of the Russian part of the future space station.
This was the fifth spacewalk outside the space station this year and the 250th overall In support of the assembly, maintenance and development of the orbital laboratory.
These are double trips It is the first of the upcoming spacewalks that will focus on preparing the Nauka and the robotic arm for future use.
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