Artemyev and Cristoforetti finished all however one of their significant goals during the spacewalk. Finished tasks consist of the release of 10 nanosatellites created to gather radio electronics information during the spacewalk and installing platforms and workstation adapter hardware near the 37-foot-long manipulator system installed to Nauka. This task will be finished on a future spacewalk.
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti works outside the spaceport stations Russian sector to set up the new European robotic arm. Credit: NASA TV
Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA (European Space Agency) concluded their spacewalk on July 21 at 5:55 p.m. EDT (2:55 p.m. PDT) after 7 hours and 5 minutes.
Artemyev and Cristoforetti completed all but one of their major objectives during the spacewalk. Finished tasks consist of the release of 10 nanosatellites developed to collect radio electronics information throughout the spacewalk and installing platforms and workstation adapter hardware near the 37-foot-long manipulator system installed to Nauka.
Expedition 67 Commander Oleg Artemyev of Roscosmos and Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of ESA began a spacewalk at 10:50 a.m. ET to continue equipping the European robotic arm on the spaceport stations Nauka lab by opening the hatch of the Poisk docking compartment airlock. Credit: NASA TV
Extra spacewalks are planned to continue equipping the European robotic arm and to trigger Naukas airlock for future spacewalks.
The work done on the European robotic arm will be utilized to move spacewalkers and payloads around the Russian sector of the station.
This was the 6th spacewalk in Artemyevs profession as a cosmonaut and the very first for Cristoforetti. It was the sixth spacewalk at the spaceport station in 2022 and the 251st spacewalk for spaceport station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.
By NASA
July 22, 2022