Cosmonauts Finish Spacewalk Installing Shields and Relocating Hardware

Cosmonauts Finish Spacewalk Installing Shields and Relocating Hardware

Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev rides the European robotic arm for the first time during a spacewalk in this view from fellow cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin's helmet cam. Credit: NASA TV
Cosmonaut Sergey Prokopyev rides the European robotic arm for the first time during a spacewalk in this view from fellow cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin’s helmet cam. Credit: NASA TV

Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin concluded their spacewalk outside the International Space Station at 5:19 p.m. EDT after 6 hours and 35 minutes.

Prokopyev and Petelin attached three debris shields to the Rassvet module and tested the sturdiness of a work platform affixed to the end of the European robotic arm attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

This was the eighth spacewalk in Prokopyev’s career, and the sixth for Petelin. It was the tenth spacewalk at the station in 2023 and the 267th spacewalk for space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.


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Cosmonauts Begin Spacewalk for Station Upgrade Work

Cosmonauts Begin Spacewalk for Station Upgrade Work

Spacewalkers Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are pictured working outside the space station during the installation of an experiment airlock on the Nauka science module on May 3.
Spacewalkers Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are pictured working outside the space station during the installation of an experiment airlock on the Nauka science module on May 3.

Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin began a spacewalk at 10:44 a.m. EDT to attach three debris shields to the Rassvet module outside the International Space Station and to test the sturdiness of a work platform that will be affixed to the end of the European robotic arm attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

Prokopyev is wearing an Orlan spacesuit with red stripes, while Petelin is wearing the suit with blue stripes. This is the eighth spacewalk in Prokopyev’s career, and the sixth for Petelin. It is the tenth spacewalk at the station in 2023 and the 267th spacewalk for space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.


Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog@space_station and @ISS_Research on Twitter, as well as the ISS Facebook and ISS Instagram accounts.

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