All news

Russian cosmonauts prepare to clean space station’s window

A spacewalk by Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko is scheduled for August 10

MOSCOW, August 3. /TASS/. Russian cosmonauts will embark on a spacewalk next week to clean the International Space Station’s window, Mission Control said on Monday.

"A spacewalk by Russian cosmonauts Gennady Padalka and Mikhail Kornienko is scheduled for August 10," officials announced.

The two men will also install soft handrails on the Zvezda service module and take photographs of the orbiter's Russian segment.