What the actual...https://mobile.twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1546924680522653700Translation of Rogozin's rant: "What kind of Mars can we talk about with Europeans, what kind of Venus can we talk about with Americans, if their governments are trying to kill as many Russians and Ukrainians as possible, supplying the junta in Kyiv with deadly weapons? Ashbacher announced the termination of cooperation with Roskosmos on exoMars. But did this head of the European Space Agency think how many thousands of scientists and engineers in Europe and Russia he crossed out with his decision? Is he ready to answer for the sabotage of a joint Martian mission? No , not in front of irresponsible bureaucrats like him in the European Commission . Ready to answer to humanity? Roskosmos will make every effort to return our landing Martian module from Italy. " Cossack " will return to his native village . And I , in turn , give a command to our crew on the ISS to stop working with the European manipulator ERA . Let Aschbacher himself and his boss Borrell fly into space and do at least something useful in their lives"If this goes through, MCC-M should just revolt and ignore this individual. Complying is just slightly prolonging an inevitable closing up shop.
well who couldn't have seen this coming. Like Mile or KM away. Nauka shouldn't never have launched. Q/A and general lack of skilled personal and political shenanigans' all led to this. They secretly know they missed up and won't be able get it working either way. So they just using this excuse to stop messing with it. Good riddance IMHO, I am sorry ESA, EU and its member states have wasted time and resources and money on this co-op.
If the ERA is compatible with US segment grapple fixtures, move the arm there where it can perform cooperative operations with Canadarm 2.
https://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1549665011882201088?cxt=HHwWgMC4ocWHwoErAAAAhttps://twitter.com/katlinegrey/status/1549668384735989760?cxt=HHwWgMC8_e7Lw4ErAAAARoscosmos shared a schedule of #VKD54 which will be performed by Oleg Artemiev @OlegMKS and Samantha Cristoforetti @AstroSamantha on July 21. https://roscosmos.ru/378811. Launch of eight SWSU-55 nanosatellites and two Tsiolkovsky-Ryazan nanosatellites2. Transfer of the adapter platform from the Poisk module to the Nauka module3. Installation of an ERA manipulator adapter on Nauka4. Replacement of a frame with protective glasses on the CLU-2 video camera on the end effector of the ERA manipulator CE-25. Putting the ERA external control panel on Nauka to safe mode6. Cover of the ERA manipulator mounting system on Nauka with thermal insulation. Installation of blockers on cargo arrows GStM-1 and GStM-2;placing of the GStM-2 cargo boom between the Zarya module and the Poisk module.8. Additional task: installing the second adapter platform on the Nauka module.
VKD 54 spacewalk schedule
Who is in suit 4 and who is in suit 5?
I'm not sure but it seems that some nanosatellites had passed very near of the russian photovoltaic pannels. Maybe is an optical effect...
VKD-54 spacewalkers are now attaching an adapter (extender) for the European Robotic Arm, ERA, to its temporary position on the Poisk module:
SS/EVA (PET: 3:19; 2:09pm EDT): Artemyev and Cristoforetti have completed installation of a robot arm attachment platform on the Poisk module; they're now making their way down to the Nauka lab module for additional robot arm work
Spacewalkers successfully installed a payload adapter platform on the BTL4 attachment point of the Nauka module:
Adapter platform installation on Nauka.
Removal of a cover on the camera present on ERA's End Effector 2 (I guess they will do some ground image acquisition tests. The cover will be repositioned later)
Some work on ERA's external control panel. It will be set in "stowage mode"
SS/EVA (PET: 4:28; 3:18pm EDT): Mission control in Houston tells the ISS crew they're tracking an object that might, or might not, require a debris avoidance maneuver later tonight; as of now, however, no such maneuver has been scheduled
Mission controllers are tracking orbital debris that may enter the vicinity of the space station. Currently, there is no concern and time of closest approach is well after today's spacewalk
Mission control is now tracking a piece of space junk predicted to pass near #ISS, but it will take place AFTER the today's spacewalk is expected to be completed.
NASA: Additional tracking indicated that no collision-avoidance maneuver would be needed to be performed by the #ISS in this case..
SS/EVA (PET: 5:25; 4:15pm EDT): NASA flight controllers now say additional tracking shows no threat of a close encounter with an object the team has been monitoring; Artemyev and Cristoforetti, meanwhile, have completed most of their planned robot arm work
ISS/EVA (PET: 5:49; 4:39pm EDT): Russian flight controllers have told Artemyev and Cristoforetti to head back to the airlock and call it a day; due to time lost earlier, the planned extension of a Strela boom between Zarya and Poisk will be deferred to a future EVA
Mission control informs VKD-54 spacewalkers to wrap up their activities due to time constraints imposed by life support system of their spacesuits...
This is Oleg Artemyev's sixth spacewalk and Samantha Cristofretti's first. She is also the first European woman to conduct a spacewalk in a Russian spacesuit.
by that time, both spacewalkers already received warning messages from life-support systems in their spacesuits, issued after 9 hours in operation (including airlock operations)...
Thank you very much for your work @Centaurinasa
Looks like an US helmet cover with extra lights fitted over the Orlan space suit helmet ? .