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<\/a>Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos began Russian spacewalk 53 at 10:58 a.m. EDT to continue to activating the new European robotic arm \u2013 a 37-foot-long manipulator system mounted to the recently arrived Nauka module.<\/p>\n
Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television,\u202fthe\u202fNASA app<\/a>,\u202fand the agency\u2019s\u202fwebsite<\/a>.<\/p>\n During the spacewalk, the duo will monitor the first commanded movements of the robotic arm from its grapple fixtures after removing thermal blankets and launch locks. The arm\u2019s end effectors will translate one at a time to a new base points. The crew also will install more handrails on Nauka.<\/p>\n Artemyev is wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit with red stripes. Matveev will wear a spacesuit with blue stripes. This is the fifth spacewalk in Artemyev\u2019s career, and the second for Matveev. It is the fifth spacewalk at the station in 2022 and the 250th\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":" Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos began Russian spacewalk 53 at 10:58 a.m. EDT to continue to activating the new European robotic arm \u2013 a 37-foot-long manipulator system mounted to the recently arrived Nauka module. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television,\u202fthe\u202fNASA app,\u202fand the agency\u2019s\u202fwebsite. During the spacewalk, the \u2026 Continue reading
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