Science and Exploration

Photos: EVA Conducted Outside of Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station

By Keith Cowing
May 24, 2013
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Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, Expedition 26 flight engineer, wearing a Russian Orlan-MK spacesuit, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) focused on the installation of two scientific experiments outside the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. During the four-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Skripochka and Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (visible in the reflections in Skripochka’s helmet visor), flight engineer, installed a pair of earthquake and lightning sensing experiments and retrieved a pair of spacecraft material evaluation panels. ISS026-E-027627 (16 Feb. 2011) — high res (0.9 M) low res (76 K)

Russian cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka, Expedition 26 flight engineer, wearing a Russian Orlan-MK spacesuit, participates in a session of extravehicular activity (EVA) focused on the installation of two scientific experiments outside the Zvezda Service Module of the International Space Station. During the four-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Skripochka and Russian cosmonaut Dmitry Kondratyev (visible in the reflections in Skripochka’s helmet visor), flight engineer, installed a pair of earthquake and lightning sensing experiments and retrieved a pair of spacecraft material evaluation panels. ISS026-E-027627 (16 Feb. 2011) — high res (0.9 M) low res (76 K)

ISS026-E-027622 (16 Feb. 2011) — high res (1.2 M) low res (92 K)

ISS026-E-027644 (16 Feb. 2011) — high res (1.0 M) low res (84 K)

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