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Russian cosmonauts take spacewalk outside of International Space Station
UPI ^ | APRIL 18, 2023 / 12:56 PM / UPDATED AT 12:30 AM | By Matt Bernardini & Sheri Walsh

Posted on 04/19/2023 9:25:48 AM PDT by Red Badger

ISS Expedition 69 cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, seen to the right, work outside the International Space Station Tuesday night during their six-hour-and-40-minute spacewalk. Screenshot courtesy of NASA April 18 (UPI) -- Two Russian cosmonauts are conducting a more than six-hour spacewalk Tuesday night outside the International Space Station in their third attempt to move a radiator and an experiment module.

The six-hour-and-40-minute excursion by ISS Expedition 69 cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, who are equipped with helmet cameras, got underway at 9:40 p.m. EDT.

"Spacewalkers Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin are currently outside the space station working to move a radiator from the Rassvet module to the Nauka module," the International Space Station tweeted Tuesday night.

VIDEO AT LINK.................

Cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev is assisting with robotic activities from inside the ISS using the European Space Agency's robotic arm.

Prokopyev, who is wearing an Orlan spacesuit with red stripes, and Petelin, who is wearing a suit with blue stripes, have already made two previous attempts at the spacewalk. However, an attempt in November had to be aborted because of a failed spacesuit pump. Then in December, a Russian Soyuz spacecraft suffered a coolant leak, forcing the attempt to be called off again.

Tuesday night's spacewalk is the fourth of Prokopyev's career and the second for Petelin, according to NASA. It is the third spacewalk at the ISS this year and is the 260th spacewalk for the space station assembly, maintenance and upgrades.

NASA said Tuesday that the pair had gotten a good night's sleep while the rest of the ISS crew "continued cleaning biology research hardware, conducted an eye and brain study and serviced a pair of spacesuits."

"NASA Flight Engineers Frank Rubio and Stephen Bowen worked together Tuesday cleaning up the Cell Biology Experiment Facility (CBEF) located in the Kibo laboratory module," the agency said.

After Tuesday's walk, the pair are scheduled for two more excursions on April 25 and May 4.


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1 posted on 04/19/2023 9:25:49 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Rocket 69?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hz8rsBX19Qk


2 posted on 04/19/2023 9:29:01 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Red Badger

Spacewalking inside isn’t as dramatic.


3 posted on 04/19/2023 9:30:13 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: All

Poisk (Russian: Поиск, lit. ‘Search’),


4 posted on 04/19/2023 9:31:09 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: Red Badger

Spacewalking...

never been done before.

But, why was it ever called spacewalking. There is no ‘walking’ involved.

Spacefloating would have been more accurate.

But, we’re all floating in space, on a planet. We’re just drifting along, taken to who knows where.


5 posted on 04/19/2023 9:34:46 AM PDT by adorno
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To: adorno
But, why was it ever called spacewalking. There is no ‘walking’ involved.

Maybe a new word should be invented. "Zergging".

Zerg: (intransitive verb), to maneuver one's body in a zero G environment.

Use - "Hey Toots, zerg on over to the fridge and grab me a beer."

6 posted on 04/19/2023 9:41:26 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: adorno

Doing about 100,000 mph........................


7 posted on 04/19/2023 9:44:33 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger
I prefer moonwalking, a little Michael Jackson.


8 posted on 04/19/2023 9:47:06 AM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian ( Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: Red Badger

In Russia, space walks you...


9 posted on 04/19/2023 10:11:23 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Red Badger

The International Space Station (ISS) is in orbit around the Earth at an average altitude of 248 miles (400 kilometers). It circles the globe every 90 minutes at a speed of about 17,500 mph (28,000 km/h). In one day, the station travels about the distance it would take to go from Earth to the moon and back.0


10 posted on 04/19/2023 10:20:07 AM PDT by The Louiswu (You cannot free a man from the chains which he reveres.)
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To: adorno

You must be fun at parties... NOT


11 posted on 04/19/2023 10:36:07 AM PDT by al baby (Yes he did he said how come i wasnt invited )
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To: The Louiswu

And that planet Earth is revolving around the Sun at a speed of nearly 30 kilometres per second, or 67,000 miles per hour.

And the Sun and it’s retinue of assorted balls of dirt, ice, gases and rocks is revolving around the Galactic center traveling at an average speed of 230 km/s (828,000 km/h) or 143 mi/s (514,000 mph) within its trajectory around the galactic center.

And our our galaxy and its neighbors, the so-called Local Group, are moving at 600 kilometers per second (1.34 million miles per hour) in the direction of the constellation Hydra.................


12 posted on 04/19/2023 10:42:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: al baby
You must be fun at parties... NOT

The truth is often not funny or fun, especially for those who prefer denial in place of the truth. Learn the truth and accept it.
13 posted on 04/19/2023 11:29:32 AM PDT by adorno
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To: adorno

Wait. What?


14 posted on 04/19/2023 12:30:56 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: MotorCityBuck
Wait. What?

Oops, sorry. That was not meant for this discussion.

Anyhow, the truth is out there. ;)
15 posted on 04/19/2023 1:24:17 PM PDT by adorno
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