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Space. 6 hours of extra-vehicular activity to evaluate the damage of the Soyuz

Green light for the return on the Earth of December 20

In preparation for the return to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) -on December 20- of the astronauts Sergej Prokopyev, Alexander Gerst and Serena Aunon-Chancellor, was carried out yesterday a long Extra-Vehicular Activity (EVA) with a duration of more than 6 hours in order to check the conditions of the Soyuz MS-09. The spacecraft was damaged in August 2018 when a small 2 mm diameter...

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Moscow, Russia, 12/13/2018 16:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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