Cosmonauts

The Nauka science module and Soyuz MS-23 crew ship pictured above north Africa.Photo: NASARussian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin are about to step outside the International Space Station (ISS) for the pair’s second extravehicular activity this year.Three Astronauts May Be Stranded on the ISS After Disturbing Soyuz Coolant LeakThe spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 4:05 p.m. ET on Wednesday, according to NASA. The action will be broadcast live on NASA TV, as well as the space agency’s website. You can also…

NASA astronaut Stephen Bowen and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi are pictured in their Extravehicular Mobility Units, or spacesuits, on the International Space Station’s starboard truss structure during a spacewalk on April 28, 2023. The duo would spend seven hours and one minute in the vacuum of space routing cables and installing insulation readying the orbital outpost for its next set of roll-out solar arrays due to be installed after their delivery on the next SpaceX Dragon cargo mission. Credit:…

Cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin work outside the space station during a spacewalk today to move a radiator from the Rassvet module to the Nauka module. Credit: NASA TVRoscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin concluded their spacewalk on Tuesday, April 19, at 5:35 a.m. <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>EDT</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>EDT is an abbreviation for Eastern Daylight Time,…

Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin conduct a six-hour and 25-minute spacewalk on November 17, 2022,  in their Orlan spacesuits to transfer a radiator from the Rassvet module to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module for future installation. The duo is pictured tethered to the Rassvet module with the Soyuz MS-22 crew ship docked at top. Credit: NASARoscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin exit the Poisk module‘s airlock to begin a spacewalk at 9:40 p.m. <span…

Two cosmonauts are getting ready to venture outside the International Space Station (ISS) on Tuesday night for some orbital maintenance work. Three Astronauts May Be Stranded on the ISS After Disturbing Soyuz Coolant LeakCommander Sergey Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Dmitri Petelin are scheduled to perform their spacewalk at 9:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday to move a radiator from one side of the ISS to the other. The extravehicular activity will be broadcast live on NASA TV, as well as the space agency’s website. You can also…

By NASA April 7, 2023The Soyuz MS-23 crew ship docking to the Prichal module on the Earth-facing side of the International Space Station. Credit: NASA TVThe Soyuz MS-23, with Expedition 69 crew members Frank Rubio of <span class="glossaryLink" aria-describedby="tt" data-cmtooltip="<div class=glossaryItemTitle>NASA</div><div class=glossaryItemBody>Established in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal…

Roscosmos appears to be having some issues with a spacecraft again. In December, the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft that delivered three crew members of Expedition 68 to the International Space Station (ISS) reported a leak in its coolant loop.On February 11th, engineers at the Russian Mission Control Center outside Moscow recorded a depressurization in Progress 82, an uncrewed cargo craft docked with the Poisk laboratory module.The cause of these leaks remains unknown, but Roscosmos engineers (with support from their NASA…

Russia said Wednesday that it will send an empty spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS) next month to bring home three astronauts whose planned return vehicle was damaged by a strike from a tiny meteoroid.The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, made the announcement after examining the flight worthiness of the Soyuz MS-22 crew capsule docked with the ISS that sprang a radiator coolant leak in December.Roscosmos and NASA officials said at a joint press briefing that an uncrewed Soyuz spacecraft, MS-23, would be…

By NASA November 17, 2022Spacewalkers Prokopyev and Petelin opened the hatch of the Poisk airlock at 9:39 a.m. EST today, beginning their spacewalk. Credit: NASA TVRussian cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, both of Roscosmos, concluded their spacewalk at 4:07 p.m. EST (1:07 p.m. PST) after 6 hours and 25 minutes. Their spacewalk began at 9:39 a.m. EST.Expedition 68 Commander Prokopyev and Flight Engineer Petelin completed their major objective, preparing a radiator on the Rassvet module for installation on…

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Frank Rubio is pictured during a spacewalk tethered to the International Space Station’s starboard truss structure. Behind Rubio, the last rays of an orbital sunset penetrate Earth’s thin atmosphere as the space station flew 258 miles above the African nation of Algeria. Credit: NASATwo Roscosmos cosmonauts are finalizing their preparations for a spacewalk on Thursday, November 17. They will be conducting hardware transfers and making electronics connections on the…