{"id":55186,"date":"2019-05-24T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/?migration=converted-node-445862"},"modified":"2023-07-26T15:18:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T19:18:14","slug":"nasa-television-to-air-russian-spacewalk-at-international-space-station","status":"publish","type":"press-release","link":"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/news-release\/nasa-television-to-air-russian-spacewalk-at-international-space-station\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA Television to Air Russian Spacewalk at International Space Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\"><div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\"><div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\"><figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss057e131662medium.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1279\" height=\"718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss057e131662medium.jpg?w=1279\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"Russian spacewalkers Oleg Kononenko and Sergey Prokopyev work outside the International Space Station\" style=\"transform: scale(1); transform-origin: 50% 50%; object-position: 50% 50%; object-fit: cover;\" block_context=\"nasa-block\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss057e131662medium.jpg 1279w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss057e131662medium.jpg?resize=300,168 300w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss057e131662medium.jpg?resize=768,431 768w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss057e131662medium.jpg?resize=1024,575 1024w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss057e131662medium.jpg?resize=400,225 400w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss057e131662medium.jpg?resize=600,337 600w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss057e131662medium.jpg?resize=900,505 900w, https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iss057e131662medium.jpg?resize=1200,674 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1279px) 100vw, 1279px\" loading=\"eager\" \/><\/a><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\"><div class=\"hds-caption-text p-sm margin-0\">Russian spacewalkers Oleg Kononenko (suit with red stripes) and Sergey Prokopyev (suit with blue stripes) work outside the International Space Station, more than 250 miles above Earth to inspect the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft, on Dec. 11, 2018. <strong>Credits: NASA<\/strong><\/div><\/figcaption><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> This advisory was updated May 27 to correct the color of the stripes on the spacesuits each will wear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two veteran Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\" rel=\"noopener\">International Space Station<\/a> for a spacewalk Wednesday, May 29, to retrieve science experiments and conduct maintenance on the orbiting laboratory. Live coverage of the activity will air on NASA Television and the agency\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/live\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Expedition 59 Commander Oleg Kononenko and Flight Engineer Alexey Ovchinin are scheduled to open the hatch to the Pirs docking compartment airlock at 11:44 a.m. EDT on May 29 for a spacewalk expected to last 6.5 hours. Live coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 11:15 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kononenko, who will be designated extravehicular crew member 1 (EV1), in the suit with red stripes, and Ovchinin, who will be EV2, in the suit with blue stripes, will install handrails on the Russian segment of the complex, retrieve science experiments from the Poisk module\u2019s hull, and conduct maintenance work. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission_pages\/station\/spacewalks\/\" rel=\"noopener\">spacewalk<\/a> will be the 217th in support of station assembly, maintenance and upgrades and the fourth outside the station this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will be the fifth spacewalk in Kononenko\u2019s career and the first for Ovchinin, who will become station commander next month. Kononenko is scheduled to return to Earth June 24, with crewmates Anne McClain of NASA and David Saint-Jacques of the Canadian Space Agency, wrapping up a six-and-a-half-month mission living and working in space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep up with the International Space Station and its research and crew at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/station\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-end-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stephanie Schierholz\u200b<br>\nHeadquarters, Washington<br>\n202-358-1100<br>\nstephanie.schierholz@nasa.gov<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gary Jordan<br>\nJohnson Space Center, Houston<br>\n281-483-5111<br>\ngary.j.jordan@nasa.gov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor\u2019s note: This advisory was updated May 27 to correct the color of the stripes on the spacesuits each will wear. Two veteran Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station for a spacewalk Wednesday, May 29, to retrieve science experiments and conduct maintenance on the orbiting laboratory. 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