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Cosmonaut extravehicular activity

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Nasa/Novapix

Reference

e-is026-31128

Date

2011-08-07

Russian cosmonauts Oleg Skripochka and Dmitry Kondratyev (out of frame), both Expedition 26 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 four-hour, 51-minute spacewalk, Kondratyev and Skripochka set up and retrieved scientific equipment from the Russian segment of the station. 16 Feb. 2011.