Cosmonauts cleaning windows in space

RS EVA-41 will be the only Russian spacewalk of 2015 – set to begin shortly after 10 a.m. Eastern on Monday. Padalka and Kornienko will install these devices which will facilitate the movement of fellow astronauts on spacewalks in the future. Both will wear Russian Orlan spacesuits bearing blue stripes. It was the first time that the astronauts ate their own produce. This installation is planned for just five minutes, as the two handrails are very close to each other. Cosmonauts use the gap spanners to translate past various obstacles more easily.

During their spacewalk, they will be rigging new equipment, performing a photographic inspection of the exterior of the station, replacing and maintaining external antennas, and cleaning a window of exhaust deposits from visiting spacecraft.

“UFO” spotted in August. 2013. As Russian ISS segment flight director Vladimir Solovyov reported earlier, this task is very interesting and important for long-duration space flights preparation since space debris and radiation affect the windows causing various scratches.

Later, the duo retrieved a 2013 experiment, called the Obstanovka Experiment, which investigated how the superheated gas from space affected the ISS hull.

His spacewalking companion was Mikhail Kornienko, 55, enterprise his second walkabout in area.

The cosmonauts started their spacewalk around10:20 am.

While installing parts to prevent the screws from backing out, they will also be jettisoning one of the WAL antennas that now lacks a cover, and replacing the antenna with a new one.

Next, the EVA crew will install fasteners on the WAL4 antenna.

Finally, the two cosmonauts headed inside the hatch, where they’d stay as they slowly repressurized.

During this spacewalk, Padalka and Korienko also took a little time to get their Russian colleague, Oleg Kononenko, who was still inside the Space Station, to take photos of them while walking in space.

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