Russian Cosmonauts Oleg & Nikolai on Spacewalk | International Space Station

Russian Cosmonauts Oleg & Nikolai on Spacewalk | International Space Station

Cosmonauts Nikolai Chub (waving) and Oleg Kononenko of Russia are pictured outside of the International Space Station wearing their Orlan spacesuits during a four-hour and 36-minute spacewalk. During their excursion they worked on the Russian segment of the complex completing the deployment of one panel on a synthetic radar communications system. The duo also installed equipment and experiments to analyze the level of corrosion on station surfaces and modules.

Cosmonauts (near center) Nikolai Chub and Oleg Kononenko of Russia are pictured outside of the International Space Station's Nauka science module wearing their Orlan spacesuits during a four-hour and 36-minute spacewalk. The spacewalkers worked on the Russian segment of the complex completing the deployment of one panel on a synthetic radar communications system. The duo also installed equipment and experiments to analyze the level of corrosion on station surfaces and modules. The space station was soaring into an orbital sunset 270 miles above the Indian Ocean south of Africa.

Cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko (center left) and Nikolai Chub (center right) are pictured outside of the International Space Station wearing their Orlan spacesuits during a four-hour and 36-minute spacewalk. The spacewalkers worked on the Russian segment of the complex completing the deployment of one panel on a synthetic radar communications system. The duo also installed equipment and experiments to analyze the level of corrosion on station surfaces and modules.

Roscosmos cosmonauts Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub of Russia concluded their spacewalk April 25, 2024, at 3:33 p.m. EDT after four hours and 36 minutes. Kononenko is the current commander of the International Space Station.

Kononenko and Chub completed their major objectives, which included completing the deployment of one panel on a synthetic radar communications system on the Russian segment of the complex and installing equipment and experiments to analyze the level of corrosion on station surfaces and modules.

This was the seventh spacewalk in Kononenko’s career, and the second for Chub. It is the 270th spacewalk for International Space Station assembly, maintenance, and upgrades.

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Expedition 70 Crew

Station Commander: Oleg Kononenko (Russia)

Roscosmos (Russia): Nikolai Chub, Alexander Grebenkin (Russia)

NASA: Tracy Dyson, Matthew Dominik, Mike Barrett, Jeanette Epps

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada. The ISS has been the most politically complex space exploration program ever undertaken.

Image Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Capture Date: April 25, 2024

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