Russian cosmonauts are currently working outside the ISS. This is their first appearance since the beginning of the year. The hatch on the Poisk module opened at 19:50 Moscow time.
Our two experts, as planned, will spend more than 5 and a half hours outside the station. For Sergei Ryzhikov, this was his first spacewalk; Alexey Zubritsky had a similar experience.
There are several tasks – installing equipment outside the Nauka laboratory module for the Ekran-M experiment on semiconductor development using molecular beam epitaxy. And also dismantled some equipment and cleaned one of the windows.
In addition, the Russians will test the Orlan-MKS domestic spacesuit for the first time. This model has a new internal sealed shell, water cooling system and completely domestic computer screen.
