Malenchenko and Volkov completed early work in open space – RIA Novosti

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Mission Control Centre (Korolev, Moscow region), February 3 – RIA Novosti Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Sergei Volkov early, ahead of about an hour. , completed the implementation of the first in 2016 spacewalk under the Russian program of work on the ISS, returned safely back aboard and closed the hatches, told RIA Novosti Moscow Region management Center flights (PCO).

“The Russian crew fully complied with the program and returned to the station, “- he said

New technology of repair

Malenchenko and Volkov will conduct an experiment.” Restoration “, one of whose tasks is to consolidate the technology working out paperless vacuum thermal insulation on the ISS repaired surfaces. His goal – technology working out for sticking film thermal control coatings, secure package screen-vacuum thermal insulation on the repaired surface and conduct operations that require bonding film materials in space flight conditions

In addition, Malenchenko and Wolves in the experiment. will practice methods of detecting leaks and monitor the status of the external surface of the ISS. During the spacewalk, they will perform sampling with the outer surface of the exit hatch – docking compartment “Pirs” (SB-1) and a cover drive zone window №8 service module “Zvezda”

endurance test.

The astronauts also plan to dismantle monoblock responsible for exposing samples of organic and biological materials in open space (experiment “Expose-R”) and set the unit exposure patterns №2 experiment “Endurance” in the module “Search” ( MIM-2), to study the effect of space on the mechanical properties of materials. At the same module, they should be replaced by a removable cassette container №2-M2, where the samples are placed covering the external surface of the station, located in a long exposure, and change the orientation of the pressure control unit and the deposits on the MIM-2.

soft and photographing handrails

For more comfortable moving on the external surface of the ISS astronauts will install handrails on the soft part of the conical device-sealed compartment №3 functional cargo block “Dawn”. Upon completion of works is planned to photographing the external surface of the ISS Russian Segment

For this Malenchenko will be the sixth spacewalk for Volkov -. Fourth. Currently on board the International Space Station, except for them, working Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly and Timothy Kopra (NASA) and astronaut Timothy Peak (ESA).