Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin completed the first of four Russian maintenance spacewalks planned before the end of the year at 4:07pm ET today.
Cosmonauts Finish Spacewalk for Work on Science ModuleMark GarciaPosted on November 17, 2022Expedition 68 Commander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin, both of Roscosmos, concluded their spacewalk at 4:07 p.m. EST after 6 hours and 25 minutes.Prokopyev and Petelin completed their major objective, preparing a radiator on the Rassvet module for installation on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.This was the third spacewalk in Prokopyev’s career, and the first for Petelin. It was the tenth spacewalk at the station in 2022 and the 255th spacewalk for space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.
A (relative) good view of the structure that will accommodate the radiator.