Russian cosmonaut crew members of the ISS-40/41 Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev completed all work in open space and closed the exit hatch docking compartment “Pierce».
According to RIA Novosti, the first in the list of works that are performed outside the station astronauts, was the launch of nano-satellite “NS-1″, which is a cube with sides of ten centimeters and weighs three pounds.
The program works Skvortsov and Artemyev was also perform a number of tasks within the scientific program of the ISS, including the installation of scientific equipment for the experiment «Expose-R», which aims – score long, one and a half years, the action of the space environment on the survival of bacteria, fungi , animals and plants.
Recall the fortieth long International Space Station began May 13, 2014 after undocking of Soyuz TMA-11M from the station.
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