Russian Astronauts Walking in Space

 Russian astronaut Sergey Prokopyev is on a spacewalk. On August 9, Russian astronauts Prokopyev and Dmitry Petelin completed the 10th spacewalk mission of the year on the International Space Station, which lasted 6 hours and 35 minutes. The main tasks included installing the microteor debris shield of the "Dawn" experimental module and the installation of "Europe" The mobile working platform of the robotic arm. " The European Robotic Arm was developed by ESA, with a total length of 11.3 meters and a maximum load of 8 tons. It has 7 degrees of freedom and can move on the space station. In the future, it will be mainly used for on-orbit assembly and assisting astronauts to carry out spacewalk missions.

Photographer: NASA