Cosmonaut Dmitri Petelin is imagined behind a solar array during a spacewalk to eliminate and change science and interactions hardware on the Roscosmos section of the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TV
Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin began a spacewalk at 10:24 a.m. EDT on June 22 to retrieve several experiment plans from the Zvezda and Poisk modules and set up interactions devices outside the International Space Station.
Prokopyev was wearing an Orlan spacesuit with red stripes, while Petelin was using a fit with blue stripes. They concluded their spacewalk at 4:48 p.m. EDT after 6 hours and 24 minutes. This was the seventh spacewalk in Prokopyevs career, and the 5th for Petelin. It is the ninth spacewalk at the station in 2023 and the 266th spacewalk for spaceport station assembly, upkeep, and upgrades.
Roscomos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are seen at work during a spacewalk on November 17, 2022. Credit: NASA TV
On June 23, the Expedition 69 crew concluded its work week by filling a freight car for its approaching go back to Earth and tidying up following Thursdays spacewalk. Other activities for the International Space Station citizens on Friday consisted of a robotics competitors and life assistance upkeep.
The SpaceX Dragon cargo car will end its remain at the orbital outpost on June 29 after providing two roll-out solar arrays and numerous lots of science equipment, team supplies, and station hardware on June 6. NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg started finalizing the freight work inside the Dragon cargo spacecraft on Friday. At the end of the day, NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio joined Hoburg transferring research samples from the stations science freezers into Dragons science transport freezers.
Expedition 69 Flight Engineers (from left) Sultan Alneyadi of UAE (United Arab Emirates), Dmitri Petelin of Roscosmos, and Frank Rubio of NASA pose for a portrait inside the International Space Stations Harmony module holding a variety of orbital hardware shortly after the arrival of the SpaceX Dragon cargo car. Credit: NASA
Previously in the day, Bowen and Rubio collaborated servicing power systems and life support equipment. The duo started their work in the Destiny lab module changing a remote power controller module that controls the circulation of power throughout the orbital outpost. After lunchtime, the duo rejoined each other in the Harmony module swapping out hardware that flows, cools, and dehumidifies air in the spaceport stations U.S. section.
UAE (United Arab Emirates) Flight Engineer Sultan Alneyadi helped the NASA astronauts with the cargo packaging job and after that worked on orbital pipes jobs throughout the morning on Friday. In the afternoon, Alneyadi powered up and triggered the Astrobee robotic free-flyers located inside the Kibo laboratory module. Afterward, the UAE astronaut monitored the Astrobees as they carried out maneuvers managed by competition-winning algorithms composed by trainees on Earth.
Animation of Astrobees on the spaceport station. Credit: NASA
The orbital labs 3 cosmonauts slept in on Friday following their 24-minute and six-hour spacewalk the day before to replace science and communications hardware on the stations Roscosmos segment. The spacewalk was Commander Sergey Prokopyevs and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelins fifth together. After they woke up mid-morning, the trio, including Flight Engineer Andrey Fedyaev, spent the remainder of the day stowing spacewalk tools, cleaning up spacesuits, and reorganizing the Poisk airlock.
The SpaceX Dragon freight automobile will end its stay at the orbital outpost on June 29 after delivering two roll-out solar varieties and several heaps of science gear, crew supplies, and station hardware on June 6. At the end of the day, NASA Flight Engineer Frank Rubio signed up with Hoburg transferring research samples from the stations science freezers into Dragons science transportation freezers.
After lunch break, the duo rejoined each other in the Harmony module switching out hardware that circulates, cools, and dehumidifies air in the space stations U.S. segment.
The orbital labs 3 cosmonauts slept in on Friday following their 24-minute and six-hour spacewalk the day before to change science and interactions hardware on the stations Roscosmos sector. The spacewalk was Commander Sergey Prokopyevs and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelins 5th together.