Floating against the bright blue oceans and white clouds of Earth, the astronauts filmed with small handheld cameras, constantly communicating with each other and Russian mission control outside Moscow, in footage broadcast on the website of the Russian space agency.
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Two Russian crewmembers at the global Space Station have begun a spacewalk to install new equipment and inspect the orbiting outpost’s exterior. The coverage will begin at 9:45 a.m. EDT Monday, August 10.
Padalka and Kornienko will install devices called gap spanners on the hull of the station. These devices will play a key role in facilitating the movement of crew members on future spacewalks. The duo is also set to remove an experiment intended to study the impact of the space plasma environment on the station. This can affect power supply systems and other equipment.
It is the 188th spacewalk to maintain the station, according to NASA. This will be number 10 in spacewalks for Padlaka. Kornienko, Padalka, and NASA’s Scott Kelly had been three of the astronauts awaiting the supplies. Progress 59 was carrying clothing, hardware, oxygen and water.
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The cosmonauts’ tasks include cleaning the module’s portholes, photographing the Expose-R research facility, dismantling a sensor for the Obstanovka space experiment, as well as installing handrails and antenna fasteners on module.
