Russian cosmonauts went on a spacewalk to activate a new robotic arm on the Russian segment of the International Space Station. The spacewalk continues to be broadcast live on NASA’s website.
Two Russian cosmonauts, Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev, went on a spacewalk outside the International Space Station to activate a new robotic arm. The cosmonauts’ mission has been going on for about six hours. Spacewalk, on NASA’s website broadcast live and video of the event It was shared on the official Twitter account of the International Space Station.
Russian cosmonauts during the spacewalk 11.3 meter long robotic arm They installed and connected a control panel for the nauka module, then removed the arm’s protective covers and attached a handrail to the outside of the Nauka module. Continuing their studies, the cosmonauts are about to complete their work.
Russian cosmonauts’ spacewalk goes live
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In the video, cosmonaut Artemyev in a red-striped Russian Orlan spacesuit, and cosmonaut Matveev in a blue-striped spacesuit. This task is Matveev’s first spacewalk and senior Artemyev fourth spacewalk it happened.
This robotic arm, which is the task of cosmonauts, is to help other astronauts and cosmonauts and in the future, to help the space station. of the Russian segment It will be used to transport any item that needs to be moved outside. This mission was the fourth spacewalk outside of the space station and totaled for the assembly, maintenance, and upgrade of the orbiting laboratory. It was the 249th march.
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same cosmonauts They will go on another spacewalk on April 28. and this time they will remove the thermal blankets used to protect the robotic arm. Matveev and Artemyev will also flex the robotic arm’s joints, release constraints and test its gripper capability.