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<\/a>Expedition 68<\/a> Commander Sergey Prokopyev<\/a> and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin<\/a>, both of Roscosmos, began a spacewalk at 9:39 a.m. EST to prepare hardware on the Rassvet module<\/a> for installation on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module<\/a> by opening the hatch of the Poisk docking compartment<\/a> airlock. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television,\u202fthe\u202fNASA app<\/a>,\u202fand the agency\u2019s\u202fwebsite<\/a>.<\/p>\n The duo is preparing a radiator on Rassvet for its move to Nauka.<\/p>\n Prokopyev is wearing a Russian spacesuit with red stripes, while Petelin is wearing a Russian suit with blue stripes. This is the third spacewalk in Prokopyev\u2019s career, and the first for Petelin. It is the tenth spacewalk at the station in 2022 and the 255th spacewalk<\/a>\u202ffor space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.<\/p>\n Learn more about station activities by following the space station blog<\/a>, @space_station<\/a> and @ISS_Research<\/a> on Twitter, as well as the ISS Facebook<\/a> and ISS Instagram<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n Get weekly video highlights at: http:\/\/jscfeatures.jsc.nasa.gov\/videoupdate\/<\/a><\/p>\n Get the latest from NASA delivered every week. Subscribe here: www.nasa.gov\/subscribe<\/a><\/p>\n Get The Details…<\/a><\/p>\n Heidi Lavelle <\/p>\n Powered by WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Expedition 68 Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin, both of Roscosmos, began a spacewalk at 9:39 a.m. EST to prepare hardware on the Rassvet module for installation on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module by opening the hatch of the Poisk docking compartment airlock. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television,\u202fthe\u202fNASA app,\u202fand the \u2026 Continue reading
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