A spacewalk from the International Space Station had to be cut short this week when a problem developed with the spacesuit worn by cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev.
A Russian spacewalk from the International Space Station had to be cut short this week when a problem developed with the spacesuit worn by cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev. Artemyev was working on the recently installed European robotic arm attached to the station’s Nauka module on Wednesday, August 17, along with fellow cosmonaut Denis Matveev during a spacewalk that had originally been planned to last six and a half hours.
Artemyev reached the airlock safely, and NASA representatives assured the public that he was not in any danger, though any issue with a spacesuit occurring during a spacewalk obviously has the potential to be serious. Urgent words you don't want to hear from Mission Control: “Drop everything and start going back to the airlock right away, and connect to station power.” Luckily, the suit power failure was dealt with, and the crew is OK. https://t.co/3USmRqr3Nf pic.twitter.com/KFTxUBJ9Sv With Artemyev back inside the space station, Matveev continued to work alone for a period, but the Russian team then decided to end the spacewalk early, after four hours.
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