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MOSCOW, August 9 Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin went into outer space from the International Space Station (ISS), they have to move from the Rassvet module to the Nauka module, a portable workplace and test it, the output is broadcast on the Roscosmos website.
The exit hatch of the Poisk module was opened at 17.45 Moscow time. First, the cosmonauts will go to the Rassvet module, where the workplace is now installed, where they will prepare it for transfer using the ERA manipulator. The manipulator will be controlled by Andrey Fedyaev, a Russian, who will be inside the station at that moment. ria.ru/20230530/rekord-1874955013.html» data-title=»Breaking the record for the number of people in Earth's orbit»>
Prokopyev and Petelin will observe the movement, after which they will mount additional anti-meteoroid protection screens on the Rassvet. They will install them in the places where the additional radiation heat exchanger and lock chamber used to be (which were previously also transferred to the Nauka module for future experiments).
At Nauka the astronauts will assemble the workplace with its adapter, and also check the operability of the entire structure. Prokopiev will climb onto the universal workplace, fix on it and “ride” under the control of Fedyaev, who will move the place with the help of ERA. After the trial «trip», the workplace will be stored on the UFP-1 passive fixation device on the Nauka module. According to experts, the duration of the spacewalk should be 6 hours and 45 minutes.
Prokopyev and Petelin will already perform the sixth joint spacewalk during their flight, which began on September 21, 2022. During the previous flight, Prokopyev had already worked twice outside the station.