Cosmonauts Alexander “ Sasha ” Samokutyaev and Max Suraev spent Wednesday ’s spacewalk disrobe and jettisoning surplusage equipment off the International Space Station , conducting a photographic survey of the exterior , and clean the window .
Top image : Sasha restoring the post windows to crystallization - unclouded paragon . deferred payment : ESA / NASA / Alex Gerst
Cosmonauts heading out of the station . range deferred payment : ESA / NASA / Alex Gerst
Gerst spied on his spacewalking colleagues from the station ’s cupola , sharing the pro - pourboire that the cosmonauts are colour - fool . Alexander “ Sasha ” Samokutyaev has dreary banding on his space lawsuit , while Max Suraev has violent stripes down the arms of his suit .
AstronautsBarry “ Butch ” WilmoreandElena Serovawere locked within their Soyuz spacecraft during the spacewalk sothe transfer chamber could assist as an emergency airlock . Image mention : ESA / NASA / Alex Gerst
Thethird spacewalk this monthstarted at 1:06 p.m. EDT on Wednesday . Suraev and Samokutyaev spend three hours and 38 minute peeling off and discarding old experiments . While not quitea spectacular as shabu day , cleaning the exterior of the station is certainly more sympathetic than my menage chores .
Thetransfer compartmentof the service of process module . Image credit : ESA / NASA / Alex Gerst
They hit the Radiometriya experimentation , a 2011 work to roll up data point to see if seismologists could predict earthquakes and other seismic result . Once Radiometriya was get rid of , they chucked it off the place into a crumble orbit where it will burn up in the atmosphere .
spacewalk cosmonauts against the background of the Earth . Image credit : ESA / NASA / Alex Gerst
Next , Suraev and Samokutyaev peeled the cover charge off the Expose - radius experimentation , photographed it , then kvetch back to waitress out the station ’s night . The bailiwick will see what horrors the combination of cosmic radiation syndrome , vacuum , and rough day - night cycles will play upon squishy biologicals .
Samokutyaev photograph the exterior of the Russian modules . figure credit : ESA / NASA / Alex Gerst
The cosmonauts also pull together particulate matter outside the moorage compartment as part of exam , a subject to look for any chemical or toxicological contaminants .
Cosmonaut feet on their fashion out of the place . epitome credit : ESA / NASA / Alex Gerst
Next , they guide to the Poisk mini - research module where a dyad of defunct antenna were impede an otherwise - perfect spacewalking track . Once again , they jettison the surplus equipment , tossing it on a journey to burn up in the Earth ’s atmosphere .
Samokutyaev photographing the place . range recognition : ESA / NASA / Alex Gerst
last , Suraev and Samokutyaev carefully photograph the outside of the Russian mental faculty .
The place pick up the last rays of lightness against the black marble of the Earth on a moonless dark . Image deferred payment : NASA / Reid Wiseman
This was the second spacewalk for both astronaut . Suraev was last outside the station in January 2010 , ready up Poisk for fomite docking . Samokutyaev shift a cargo boom and install new science and communication theory gear in August 2011 .
Gerst appreciating hisair - besotted friendSamokutyaev . Image mention : ESA / NASA
The other two spacewalks this October featuredastronauts Reid Wiseman and Alexander Gerst repaired broken equipment , thenWiseman and Barry “ Butch ” Wilmore did some cleaning in advance of commercial crew exaltation .
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