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    Cosmonauts Finish Spacewalk Following Hardware Installs and Inspections

    Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko (red stripes) and Nikolai Chub (blue stripes) prepare a synthetic radar communications system for installation during their seven-hour spacewalk. Credits: NASA TV

    Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub concluded their spacewalk Oct. 25 at 9:30 p.m. EDT after 7 hours and 41 minutes. During the spacewalk, Kononenko and Chub inspected and photographed an external backup radiator on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module, as well as isolated the radiator from Nauka’s cooling system. During the radiator inspection, …

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    Cosmonauts Begin Spacewalk to Install Scientific Payloads and Inspect Radiator

    Roscosmos spacewalker Oleg Kononenko (suit with red stripes) attached to the Strela boom outside the International Space Station about 250 miles above Earth during a spacewalk on Dec. 11, 2018.

    Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub began a spacewalk at 1:49 p.m. EDT to install a synthetic radar communications system, release a nanosatellite to test solar sail technology, and inspect and photograph an external backup radiator on the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Coverage of the spacewalk continues on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the …

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    Cosmonauts Exiting Station Soon for Spacewalk Live on NASA TV

    Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko (left) and Nikolai Chub (right) of Roscosmos are pictured in the Orlan spacesuits they will wear during a seven-hour spacewalk.

    NASA Television coverage is underway for today’s spacewalk with Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub. The duo will venture outside of the International Space Station’s Poisk module to install a synthetic radar communications system and release a nanosatellite to test solar sail technology. While outside the station, they also will inspect and photograph an …

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    Spacewalk Procedure Reviews Top Today’s Schedule

    Roscosmos spacewalker Oleg Kononenko (suit with red stripes) works outside the International Space Station over 250 miles above Earth on Dec. 11, 2018, during a seven-hour, 45-minute spacewalk.

    The seven orbital residents kept busy on Tuesday preparing for a round of upcoming spacewalks. While reviewing procedures and prepping tools were at the forefront of today’s tasks, the Expedition 70 crew members also had some time for station maintenance activities and health exams. Two cosmonauts are gearing up to exit the station’s Poisk module …

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    Spacewalk Prep Continues for Crew on Monday

    NASA astronaut and Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Loral O'Hara is pictured trying on her spacesuit and testing its components aboard the International Space Station's Quest airlock in preparation for an upcoming spacewalk.

    Spacewalk preparations topped the Expedition 70 crew members’ schedule today as two Roscosmos cosmonauts gear up to exit the station on Wednesday, Oct. 25, and two NASA astronauts look ahead to their first spacewalk next week. Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub will venture outside of the International Space Station’s Poisk module at 2:10 …

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    Crew Continues Spacewalk Preps, Axiom Announces Ax-4 Launch Update

    Astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli is suited up testing her spacesuit's components with assistance from astronaut Andreas Mogensen.

    The Expedition 70 crew reached the end of the week focusing primarily on a pair of upcoming spacewalks. There was also time aboard the International Space Station for research and cargo operations as Axiom Space announced future private missions dates. NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli partnered together Friday afternoon organizing the tools they …

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    More Space Health and Earth Science as Station Orbits Higher

    Astronaut Loral O'Hara is pictured trimming her hair aboard the International Space Station.

    The Expedition 70 crew continued its space health and Earth science studies while servicing a variety of research hardware on Thursday. The International Space Station is orbiting higher today as its residents also inspected emergency gear and reviewed tasks for an upcoming spacewalk. DNA analysis was back on the schedule as NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli …

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    Health and Earth Studies, More Spacewalk Preps Continue on Station

    The waning gibbous Moon is pictured from the space station as it soared into an orbital nighttime above the Atlantic Ocean.

    Space biology and Earth science were the main research objectives aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 70 crew also continued its ongoing cargo operations and spacewalk preparations. NASA astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O’Hara focused on a pair of different life science experiments to help keep crews healthy during long-term missions. The …

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    Research, Robotics, and Spacesuits Top Schedule as Spacewalk Times Adjusted

    (From left) Astronauts Andreas Mogensen, Loral O'Hara, Jasmin Moghbeli, and Satoshi Furukawa show off dosimeters that monitor the amount of radiation the crew is exposed to in space.

    Four Expedition 70 astronauts had a light-duty day on Tuesday fitting in biology research and robotics during the afternoon. The International Space Station’s three cosmonauts continued focusing on an upcoming spacewalk while also working on their own slate of research and robotics. NASA astronauts Loral O’Hara and Jasmin Moghbeli partnered together for a couple of hours on …

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    Spacewalk Dates Adjusted; Cargo Operations Begin the Crew’s Week

    Four Expedition 70 crew members pose for a portrait inside their crew quarters. Clockwise from bottom are, astronauts Jasmin Moghbeli, Andreas Mogensen, Satoshi Furukawa, and Loral O'Hara.

    As a result of the ongoing review by NASA managers and engineers after a coolant leak from a backup radiator on the International Space Station’s Nauka multipurpose laboratory module, a spacewalk that was targeted for no earlier than Thursday, Oct. 19 now is deferred until later this year. The spacewalk date was adjusted to allow engineers …

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