The crew of NASA’s Expeditionary 66 are set for the first spacewalk in 2022 on Wednesday while the rest of the crew prepares to leave SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft (scheduled for Friday). Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dobrov, currently aboard the International Space Station, will make their spacewalk on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. IST. Confirming this, NASA tweeted, “Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dobrov will take a spacewalk beyond Space_Station on Wednesday, January 19.”
Russian cosmonauts Anton Shkaplerov and Pyotr Dubrov will go on a space trip beyond @Space station On Wednesday, January 19, watch the live broadcast starting at 6 a.m. ET (11:00 UTC): https://t.co/U7glvvJVfV pic.twitter.com/XvbrEtmHy4
-NASA (@NASA) January 19, 2022
Experienced Russian cosmonauts Shkaplerov and Dobrov, who have completed several space flights in the past, will once again today install the Nauka and Prichal modules on the space station to welcome future Russian spacecraft. From installing the new camera to the grips and antennae, the two Russian cosmonauts are expected to complete the task in about seven hours, according to the report. NASA report.
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While Russian cosmonaut Anatoly Solovyev set a record for nearly 82 hours in space, during his 16 spacewalks, two more Russians will depart the International Space Station today. Speaking of spacewalks, NASA confirmed, “An additional spacewalk is scheduled this spring to set up a European robotic arm at Nauka Lab and to activate the Nauka air lock for future spacewalk activities.”
Meanwhile, on the other hand, NASA has also shared an update on its SpaceX Cargo Dragon spacecraft which is expected to land on Friday. The report also cites engineers Mark Vande He and Raja Chari who began loading work with astronaut Thomas Marshburn as well to join them on setting up the cargo spacecraft. Cargo ships are expected to return many valuable scientific experiments carried out in the microgravity environment.
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