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    Cosmonauts Complete Spacewalk to Set Up Robotic Arm

    Spacewalkers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev configure new robotic arm components on the Nauka multiupurpose laboratory module.

    Russian cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos concluded their spacewalk at 5:37 p.m. EDT today after 6 hours and 37 minutes. Artemyev and Matveev completed their major objectives for today in which they installed and connected a control panel for the European robotic arm, a 37-foot-long manipulator system mounted to the recently arrived Nauka …

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    Axiom Mission 1: Dragon Endeavour Departure Postponed

    The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour carrying four Axiom Mission 1 astronauts approaches the International Space Station on April 9, 2022, with the first quarter Moon in the background.

    Mission Control has informed the Expedition 67 and Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) crews aboard the International Space Station that because of unfavorable weather at the splashdown location for recovery of the Dragon Endeavour and the Ax-1 crew, the integrated operations team at NASA, Axiom Space, and SpaceX has postponed the spacecraft’s planned departure from the …

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    Two Cosmonauts Exit Station and Begin Spacewalk

    Cosmonauts Oleg Artemyev and Alexander Skvortsov are pictured during a spacewalk in 2014 outside the space station's Russian segment.

    Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos began Russian spacewalk 52 at 11:01 a.m. EDT to activate a new robotic arm attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module at the International Space Station by opening the hatch of the Poisk docking compartment airlock. Artemyev is wearing a Russian Orlan spacesuit with red …

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    NASA TV Covering Station Spacewalk with Two Cosmonauts

    Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev

    NASA Television coverage is underway of today’s spacewalk with two Russian cosmonauts venturing outside the International Space Station to activate a new robotic arm attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Coverage of the spacewalk is on NASA Television, the NASA app, and agency’s website. Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Oleg Artemyev and Denis Matveev of Roscosmos will conduct this …

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    Station Looks to Spacewalk, Crew Departure and Arrival

    The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour crew ship that carried four Axiom Mission 1 astronauts to the space station is pictured docked to the Harmony module.

    The Expedition 67 crew is heading into a busy period next week that begins with a Russian spacewalk, followed by the departure of four private astronauts and the launch of the SpaceX Crew-4 mission. Meanwhile, the residents aboard the International Space Station continued a broad array of research to understand what happens to the human …

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    Station Ramps Up for Crew Swap and Spacewalk Preps

    The Sun's light glints off the Atlantic Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 262 miles above.

    NASA and SpaceX are preparing for a Commercial Crew swap taking place this month at the International Space Station. Meanwhile, the Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) astronauts are staying busy as two cosmonauts gear up for a pair of spacewalks outside the orbiting lab’s Russian segment. Two Commercial Crew missions are getting ready to trade places …

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    Science, Spacewalks Preps Underway as Crew-4 Targets Launch

    Expedition 67 Commander Thomas Marshburn configures hardware for material flammability and fire safety experiment.

    It was a very busy day aboard the International Space Station as the 11-person crew focused on human research experiments and spacewalk preparations. Back on Earth, four Commercial Crew astronauts are in quarantine ahead of their planned to launch to the orbiting lab in less than two weeks. Expedition 67 Commander Tom Marshburn of NASA …

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    Busy Science Day Explores Human Research and Space Physics

    The 11-person crew aboard the station is comprised of the seven-member Expedition 67 crew and the four-member Axiom Space crew.

    The 11 astronauts and cosmonauts living aboard the International Space Station today worked on a multitude of science experiments that may improve life for humans on and off the Earth. The space research on the orbiting lab ran the gamut of biology, physics and Earth observations. Expedition 67 Commander Tom Marshburn set up a glucometer …

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    11 Astronauts Busy with Research, Cargo Work and Spacewalk Preps

    The 11-member crew aboard the station is composed of the seven-member Expediton 67 crew and the four-member Axiom Mission 1 crew.

    It was very busy on the International Space Station on Monday with the orbiting lab hosting 11 crew members including the four-member Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) crew. The private astronauts and the seven-member Expedition 67 crew were engaged in a multitude of tasks today such as packing a U.S. cargo ship, researching life science, and …

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    Four Ax-1 Astronauts Enter Station, Meet Expedition 67 Crew

    The 11-person crew aboard the station comprises of (bottom row from left) Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Denis Matveev, Kayla Barron, Oleg Artemyev, and station Commander Tom Marshburn; (center row from left) Axiom Mission 1 astronauts Mark Pathy, Eytan Stibbe, Larry Conner, and Michael Lopez-Alegria; (top row from left) Expedition 67 Flight Engineers Sergey Korsakov, Raja Chari, and Matthias Maurer.

    Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) astronauts Michael Lopez-Alegria, Larry Connor, Eytan Stibbe, and Mark Pathy now are aboard the International Space Station following Crew Dragon’s hatch opening at 10:13 a.m. EDT, Saturday, April 9. Ax-1 docked to the orbital complex at 8:29 a.m. while the spacecraft were flying 260 miles above the central Atlantic Ocean. It …

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