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<\/a>NASA Television coverage is underway of today\u2019s spacewalk with two Russian cosmonauts venturing outside the\u00a0International Space Station<\/a>\u00a0to activate a new robotic arm attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Coverage of the spacewalk is on NASA Television, the\u00a0NASA app<\/a>, and agency\u2019s\u00a0website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos will conduct this first in a series of spacewalks to activate the European robotic arm, a 37-foot-long manipulator system mounted to the recently arrived Nauka.<\/p>\n During the spacewalk, the cosmonauts will install and connect a control panel for the robotic arm. They also will remove protective covers from the arm and install handrails on Nauka. The arm will be used to move spacewalkers and payloads around the Russian segment of the station. The spacewalks will be staged out of the Poisk module airlock.<\/p>\n Artemyev will wear a Russian Orlan spacesuit with red stripes. Matveev will wear a spacesuit with blue stripes. This will be the fourth spacewalk in Artemyev\u2019s career, and the first for Matveev. It will be the fourth spacewalk at the station in 2022 and the 249th\u00a0spacewalk<\/a>\u00a0for space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the\u00a0space station blog<\/a>,\u00a0@space_station<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0@ISS_Research<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter, as well as the\u00a0ISS Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0ISS Instagram<\/a>\u00a0accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at:\u00a0http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here:\u00a0www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Mark Garcia <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NASA Television coverage is underway of today\u2019s spacewalk with two Russian cosmonauts venturing outside the\u00a0International Space Station\u00a0to activate a new robotic arm attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Coverage of the spacewalk is on NASA Television, the\u00a0NASA app, and agency\u2019s\u00a0website. Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos will conduct this \u2026 Continue reading
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