By NASA
November 17, 2022
Spacewalkers Prokopyev and Petelin opened the hatch of the Poisk airlock at 9:39 a.m. EST today, starting their spacewalk. Credit: NASA TV
Russian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, both of Roscosmos, concluded their spacewalk at 4:07 p.m. EST (1:07 p.m. PST) after 6 hours and 25 minutes. Their spacewalk started at 9:39 a.m. EST
. Expedition 68 Commander Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Petelin finished their major objective, preparing a radiator on the Rassvet module for installation on the Nauka multipurpose lab module. Prokopyev was wearing a Russian spacesuit with red stripes, while Petelin was wearing a Russian suit with blue stripes.
Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin deal with the beyond the Rassvet module on Nov. 17, 2022, during the first of four Russian maintenance spacewalks planned before completion of the year. Credit: NASA TELEVISION
This was the third spacewalk in Prokopyevs career, and the very first for Petelin. It was the tenth spacewalk at the station in 2022 and the 255th spacewalk for spaceport station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.