Roscosmos cosmonauts quick to finish tasks during space station spacewalk
Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub, who are part of Expedition 71 crew, conducted the first spacewalk of 2024 outside the International Space Station (ISS) which started at 10:55 am EDT (8:25 pm IST) on Thursday, April 25. (Image: Youtube/NASA)Kononenko and Chub exited the station through the Poisk airlock to finalize the installation of a panel on a synthetic radar system located on the Nauka module, according to NASA. (Image: Youtube/NASA)The two cosmonauts attached equipment and conducted experiments on the Poisk module to assess the extent of corrosion on various surfaces and modules of the station. (Image: Youtube/NASA)They also configured hardware and set up experiments within the Roscosmos segment of the space station.(Image: Youtube/NASA)This was the 270th spacewalk in support of the space station and was the seventh and second for Kononenko and Chub, respectively, who wore Orlan spacesuits with red and blue stripes.(Image: Youtube/NASA)The Expedition 71, which started on April 5, 2024, and is scheduled to conclude in September 2024, is a crucial mission directed on the International Space Station (ISS). The aim of this expedition is to advance space health research and support future long-duration missions to the Moon and Mars. (Image: Youtube/NASA)The crew, which consists of NASA astronauts Tracy C Dyson, Mike Barratt, Matthew Dominick, Jeanette Epps, and Alexander Grebenkin, is committed to studying space botany, figuring out how space travel affects fluid dynamics, and investigating plant life systems based on algae, according to NASA. (Image: Youtube/NASA)
