Science and Exploration

Photo: ISS Spacewalk Using Orlan EVA Suits

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka (top) and Fyodor Yurchikhin, both Expedition 25 flight engineers, wearing Russian Orlan spacesuits, participate in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 27-minute spacewalk, Skripochka and Yurchikhin installed a multipurpose workstation on the starboard side of the Zvezda Service Module’s large-diameter section and relocated a television camera from one end of the Rassvet docking compartment to the other. high res (1.1 M) low res (87 K)

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka (top) and Fyodor Yurchikhin, both Expedition 25 flight engineers, wearing Russian Orlan spacesuits, participate in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station. During the six-hour, 27-minute spacewalk, Skripochka and Yurchikhin installed a multipurpose workstation on the starboard side of the Zvezda Service Module’s large-diameter section and relocated a television camera from one end of the Rassvet docking compartment to the other. high res (1.1 M) low res (87 K)

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