Russian Cosmonauts To Conduct Spacewalk Feb 16

Dmitry Kondratyev. Photo courtesy RIA Novosti.

by Staff Writers
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Feb 08, 2011
Two Russian cosmonauts on board the International Space Station are preparing to conduct a spacewalk on February 16, mission control said on Monday.

Dmitry Kondratyev and Oleg Skripochka, both 41, conducted their first spacewalks on January 21.

They installed high-speed data transmission equipment on the Zvezda service module, disassembling an impulse plasma injector and installing a camera on the Rassvet module.

The service life of the station, which has been in orbit for 10 years, ends in 2015 but participants of the project - Canada, the European Union, Japan, Russia and the United States - are currently discussing ways to extend its operation until 2020.

Source: RIA Novosti

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