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MADRID, Nov. 19 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Russian cosmonauts on the International Space Station conducted their first extravehicular activity (EVA) since May 2019, to prepare for the upcoming arrival of the new Russian 20-ton Nauka module.
The Nauka, also known as Multi-purpose lab module or (MLM)It will be used for experimentation, for the docking of other ships and as a loading module. It will also serve as a work and rest area for the crew. It will be connected to the nadir port of the Zvezda module. Its launch, originally scheduled for 2007, has suffered several delays and is now scheduled for April 2021.
For six hours and 47 minutes this November 18, Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov, performed a series of equipment installation works on the outer surface of the orbital complex, Roscosmos reports.
They consisted of changing the Transit-B antenna of the telemetry system from the Pirs module to the Poisk module. Next, they changed the location of the deposition and pressure control unit sensors installed in the Mini-Research module.
In addition, as part of the Impact space experiment, tablet number 1 was disassembled in the added compartment of the Zvezda service module, and tablet number 2 was installed in its place. In the future, this study should help to more reliably determine the contamination levels of the scientific and service equipment on the outside of the station.
A DOOR THAT HAD BEEN CLOSED FOR ELEVEN YEARS
For the first time, the Russian spacewalk was carried out from the docking compartment of the miniature research module Poisk. The hatch was initially opened at 15.12 UTC after being closed for 11 years, since the module was launched in 2009, but all this time cosmonauts have been using the Pirs module for spacewalks, which is currently preparing to disengage from the ISS.
This was the first spacewalk for both cosmonauts and the 55th in the Russian work program outside the International Space Station.. The previous Russian EVA took place at the end of May 2019.
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