ISS RS VKD-52 - ERA preparation [Artemyev, Matveev]

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ISS RS VKD-52
Nauka Outfitting #4

Oleg Artemiev and Denis Matveev will perform a spacewalk on April 18, at 14:25 UTC. The main tasks are to install and connect the external remote control of the #ERA manipulator, rearrange the camera unit and install the portable workplace adapter on the #Nauka module.

Scheduled for:	April 18, 2022 10:25 EST
Estimated Duration:	~6.5 hours
Starting Location:	Poisk
Primary Worksite:	Nauka / ERA
EV1:	Artemyev (4th EVA)	Orlan MKS № 5 (Red Stripes)
EV2:	Matveev (1st EVA)	Orlan MKS № 4 (Blue Stripes)

News Updates

RS EVA Tool Gather Part 2 and Transfer: The crew completed the final USOS EVA tool gathering activity in support of the upcoming RS EVAs #52 and #53. The crew removed the Lithium-Ion EVA Helmet Interchangeable Portable (EHIP) Power Adapter Modules, Helmet Lights, EMU TV, and HD EMU Camera from EMU 3015 and EMU 3004 and placed the hardware into two mesh bags. The crew then transferred the USOS EVA tools, which included these two bags, to the RS.

NASA astronaut Raja Chari is helping two cosmonauts get ready for two spacewalks planned for April to outfit the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Chari shared U.S. spacesuit components including helmet lights and cameras to Roscosmos Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev as they organized their spacewalk tools and configured their Orlan spacesuits. The Russian duo is preparing to exit the space station toward the end of the month to outfit Nauka for the station’s third robotic arm, the European robotic arm.

DOUG EVA Movie (Non Narrated)

DOUG EVA Steps

0 RS_EVA_52 Reconfig Dialog   X
1 Pre RS EVA 52 Configuration
3 EVIIEV2 Open MRM2 Hatch 1 and Install Protective Ring
EV2 Egress MRM2
5 EV1/EV2 Retrieve EMMI and Crewlock Bag
6 EV1 Egress MRM2
7 EV1/EV2 Translate to STRELAI Translation Ring
8 EV1/EV2 Translate to MLM HR 4401
9 EV1/EV2 Temp Stow Control Panel on HR 4565
10 EV2 Install Pallet Adapter on HR 4401
11 EV1 /EV2 Install EMMI on Pallet Adapter
12 EV1/EV2 Route EMMI Cable
13 EV1 Open EMMI MLI and Covers
14 EV2 Connect EMMI Cable to EMMI
15 EV1 Power Up and Load EMMI
16 EV2 Translate to BTL3 Base Point
17 EV1 Execute ERA Auto Sequence
18 EV2 Remove Protective Cover from BTL3
19 EV2 Translate to UFP2 Passive Payload Interface
20 EV1 Issue Reset Command and Reconfigure EMMI
21 EV2 Remove UFP2 Protective Cover
22 EV2 Translate to BTL2 Base Point
23 EV1 Set EMMI to Stowage Mode
24 EV1 Stow and Cover the EMMI
25 EV2 Remove Protective Cover from BTL2
26 EV1 Translate to ERA Handrail 4 Install Site
27 EV1 Fold Back MLI from Handrail 4 Install Site
28 EV1 Install Handrail 4 on ERA Arm
29 EV2 Translate to UFP1 Passive Payload Interface
30 EV1 Prep ERA Handrail 6
31 EV2 Remove UFP1 Protective Cover
32 EV2 Translate to ERA Handrail 6 Install Site
33 EV2 Fold Back MLI from Handrail 6 Install Site
34 EV1 /EV2 Install Handrail 6 on ERA Arm
35 EV1 Translate to ERA Arm Elbow
36 EV2 Translate to UFP3 Passive Payload Interface
37 EV2 Remove UFP3 Protective Cover
38 EV2 Translate to ERA Arm Elbow
39 EV1/EV2 Remove MLI from ERA Arm Elbow 0 EV1 Prepare ERA Handrail 1
41 EV1 Temp Stow Blankets on HR 4336
42 EV2 Install ERA Handrail 1
43 EV1 Take Imagery of Solar Reflectors
44 EV2 Translate to BTL1 Base Point
45 EV2 Remove Protective Cover from BTL1
46 EV1/EV2 Translate to MLM HR 4100
47 EV1/EV2 Translate to MRM2 EV Hatch 1
48 EV2 Stow Cover Bundle and Bag in MRM2
49 EV1/EV2 Remove PRM Adapter from MRM2
50 EV1/EV2 Translate to UFP2 Interface
51 EV1/EV2 Install PRM Adapter on UFP2
52 EV1/EV2 Attach Tethers to Adapter Manual Drive
53 EV1/EV2 Remove Manual Drive and Temp Stow on HR 4113
54 EV1/EV2 Translate to MRM2 Hatch 1 and Stow Drive
55 EV1/EV2 Inspect Orlans and Jettison Towels
56 EV1/EV2 Perform EVA Tools Inventory
57 EV1/EV2 Ingress MRM2 Hatch 1
58 EV2 Remove Ring and Close MRM2 Hatch 1

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Two cosmonauts continue gearing up for a pair of spacewalks later this month to configure the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module for the European Robotic Arm (ERA). Roscosmos Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev had a fitness test, checked their Orlan spacesuits, and installed pressure tanks in the Poisk module as part of standard pre-spacewalk preparations. Russian Flight Engineer Sergey Korsakov set up hardware to assist the spacewalkers during the ERA work outside Nauka.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/04/11/11-astronauts-busy-with-research-cargo-work-and-spacewalk-preps/

NASA's blog post does not name the spacewalk, but it's this one, right?

[Suzy]

Oleg Artem’ev will wear Orlan MKS № 5 (red stripes); Denis Matveev wears Orlan-MKS № 4 (blue stripes). (Via Matveev's vk.com account post). This will be the 60th Russian exit (52nd planned).

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[Rondaz]

The big day has come!

The most important event of our entire expedition, and for me personally, was the first spacewalk. Today we will perform it with Oleg Artemyev.[email protected]enis_mks..

https://twitter.com/Space_Dahlia/status/1515983625203982337

[Rondaz]

Oleg and Denis are working with might and main with spacesuits in the "Search" module. There is about 4 hours left until the exit hatch opens. Today they have to connect the external control panel of the ERA arm, mount three handrails on it and install the portable workstation adapter @serg_korsakov..

https://twitter.com/Space_Dahlia/status/1516009271447728135

[Rondaz]

A pair of Russian cosmonauts are slated to conduct a spacewalk outside the ISS today, the first in a series to activate the new European Robotic Arm on the Nauka module.

https://twitter.com/TGMetsFan98/status/1516040117395369987

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[Rondaz]

NASA TV Covering Station Spacewalk with Two Cosmonauts

Mark Garcia Posted on April 18, 2022

NASA Television coverage is underway of today’s spacewalk with two Russian cosmonauts venturing outside the International Space Station to activate a new robotic arm attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Coverage of the spacewalk is on NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency’s website.

Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos will conduct this first in a series of spacewalks to activate the European robotic arm, a 37-foot-long manipulator system mounted to the recently arrived Nauka.

During the spacewalk, the cosmonauts will install and connect a control panel for the robotic arm. They also will remove protective covers from the arm and install handrails on Nauka. The arm will be used to move spacewalkers and payloads around the Russian segment of the station. The spacewalks will be staged out of the Poisk module airlock.

Artemyev will wear a Russian Orlan spacesuit with red stripes. Matveev will wear a spacesuit with blue stripes. This will be the fourth spacewalk in Artemyev’s career, and the first for Matveev. It will be the fourth spacewalk at the station in 2022 and the 249th spacewalk for space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/04/18/nasa-tv-covering-station-spacewalk-with-two-cosmonauts/

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Orlan MSK switched on battery power.

[Rondaz]

Russian cosmonauts spacewalk postponed by 10-15 minutes.

RSC Energia announced the postponement of the cosmonauts' spacewalk by 10-15 minutes.

04/18/2022 05:32 PM (updated: 04/18/2022 05:38 PM)

MOSCOW, April 18 - RIA Novosti. The spacewalk of Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemiev and Denis Matveev is delayed by 10-15 minutes, the situation is normal, said Dmitry Akhmerov, Lead Engineer of the Extravehicular Activity Department of RSC Energia, on Monday.

“Locking work is underway. They are delayed a little, it’s okay, a fairly standard operation, somewhere around 10-15 minutes’ delay,” Akhmerov said during the Roscosmos broadcast . He compared such a delay with the situation when a person “straightens his tie a little longer” before going out.

The spacewalk was supposed to begin at 17.25 Moscow time on April 18 and last 6 hours 38 minutes.

https://ria.ru/20220418/kosmos-1784159151.html

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 MRM2 Hatch 1 open at 15:01 UTC: official start of the VDK.

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Protective ring already installed...

[Joachim]

I think the start time is 15:01 UTC

[Rondaz]

Two Cosmonauts Exit Station and Begin Spacewalk

Mark Garcia Posted on April 18, 2022

Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos began Russian spacewalk 52 at 11:01 a.m. EDT to activate a new robotic arm attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module at the International Space Station by opening the hatch of the Poisk docking compartment airlock.

Artemyev is wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit with red stripes. Matveev will wear a spacesuit with blue stripes. This is the fourth spacewalk in Artemyev’s career, and the first for Matveev. It will be the fourth spacewalk at the station in 2022 and the 249th spacewalk for space station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.

Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency’s website.

The duo’s primary tasks for today’s spacewalk are to install and connect a control panel for the European robotic arm, a 37-foot-long manipulator system mounted to the recently arrived Nauka. They will also remove protective covers from the arm and install handrails on Nauka. The arm will be used to move spacewalkers and payloads around the Russian segment of the station.

https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2022/04/18/two-cosmonauts-exit-station-and-begin-spacewalk/

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EV-2 is outside.