Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev completed the work in open space and closed the hatches of the International Space Station (ISS), according to the website of Roscosmos.
«Output docking compartment hatch" Pierce "is closed, the crew of the ISS-40/41
Roscosmos cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev completed output
EVA "- said in a statement.
The first in the list of works that were performed outside of the astronauts
station, was the launch of nano-satellite "NS-1". This operation is carried out manually
Artemyev.
Nanosatellite "NS-1" is a cube with a side of ten
inches, it weighs three pounds. With "NA-1" will be tested
basic electronic modules devices nanoklassa Space
educational program "Radioskaf." The device transmits
Earth in amateur band information messages
as a telegraph signal in Morse code identification, pictures
with cameras from space satellite on request from the Earth,
and telemetry (voltage, current, temperature, all the blocks
nanosatellite), RIA Novosti reported.
The program works Skvortsov and Artemyev was also perform a number of tasks
within the framework of the scientific program of the ISS, including the installation of scientific equipment
experiment Expose-R, which aims - the estimated duration,
one and a half years, the conditions of outer space
on the survival of bacteria, fungi, plants and animals. Russian
astronauts also photographed the outer surface of the insulation of the Russian
Segment of the ISS.
On board the ISS now has six people: the commander of the expedition ISS-40
Steven Swanson (Steven Swanson, USA), ISS-40 - Alexander
Skvortsov (Russia), Oleg Artemiev (Russia), ISS-40, ISS-41
Maxim Suraev (Russia), ISS 40/41 Reid Wiseman (Reid Wiseman, USA)
and Alexander Gerst (Alexander Gerst, the European Space
Agency).
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