Tag: EVA
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Russian spacewalk to end early as suit power issue appears
A prematurely-ended Russian spacewalk took place at the ISS Wednesday to continue preparations to fully activate the European Robotic Arm (ERA) and commission it for operational use. The ERA, which launched to the station last year, will be used – among other things – to transfer a scientific airlock and radiator to the Nauka module.…
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Russian spacewalk continues preps on Nauka module
A Russian spacewalk was completed outside the International Space Station (ISS) to continue preparations to fully activate the Russian Nauka science module, which was launched to the station precisely one year ago today. The spacewalk features a non-Russian crewmember, which is a rare occurrence on Russian EVAs, or extravehicular activities. The spacewalking duo of cosmonaut…
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Cosmonauts complete spacewalk to activate space station’s European Robotic Arm
Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev carried out a spacewalk on April 18 to prepare the International Space Station’s new European Robotic Arm for use. The cosmonauts exited the Poisk module’s airlock at around 15:00 UTC and spent over six and a half hours working outside the station to complete their objectives, completing the…
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ISS astronauts perform final spacewalk of Expedition 66
Expedition 66 astronauts Raja Chari and Matthias Maurer ventured outside the International Space Station on Wednesday, performing a spacewalk to carry out repairs and upgrades on the space station. US EVA-80 marked the 248th spacewalk carried out at the International Space Station, including spacewalks carried out from the Russian Orbital Segment and as part of…
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Cosmonauts complete Russian spacewalk to integrate Prichal node
Two Russian cosmonauts have conducted a spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS) to fully configure and integrate the outpost’s newest module to support future operations. The two spacewalkers, Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov, began their work at 12:17:31 UTC and concluded the EVA seven hours 11 minutes later at 19:28 UTC. Spacewalk procedures Russian…
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Expedition 66 concludes 2021 with busy December aboard ISS
While many cultures celebrated their respective holiday traditions on Earth, the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) carried on with their busy schedules high above. December 2021 saw three major visiting vehicle movements, one spacewalk, and many of the research and maintenance tasks that allow the ISS to function as one of the world’s…
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Shenzhou-13 crew conducts second spacewalk of mission
The Shenzhou-13 crew has conducted the second EVA of its mission, with taikonauts Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu exiting the Tianhe core module to conduct a six-hour spacewalk. Meanwhile, Wang Yaping stayed inside the station to assist, over a month after she became the first Chinese woman to walk outside her spacecraft. During the EVA,…
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Wang Yaping becomes the first Chinese woman to walk in space
On November 7, Chinese taikonauts Zhai Zhigang and Wang Yaping conducted the first spacewalk for the Shenzhou-13 mission at the Chinese Space Station. The extravehicular activity (EVA) was the first for a Chinese woman and successfully installed new hardware on the exterior of the Tianhe core module. The extravehicular activity began when Wang Yaping and…
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Astronauts finish spacewalk to prepare ISS for new solar arrays
Two astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have completed a 6 hour 54 minute spacewalk to continue the process of outfitting the orbiting laboratory with new sets of solar arrays. US EVA-77 — the first US spacewalk to not involve an American — saw Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut and current ISS Commander…
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Novitskiy & Dubrov conduct Russian EVA-50 for Nauka module outfitting
ISS Expedition 65 Flight Engineers Oleg Novitskiy and Pytor Dubrov performed an EVA (Extravehicular Activity) at the International Space Station on Thursday, the second in a series of up to 11 spacewalks planned to integrate the new Russian Nauka module onto the ISS. Novitskiy and Dubrov, in their Russian Orlan-MK spacesuits, opened that station’s Poisk…